prou

See also: přou

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan prou, from Late Latin prōde (profitable), rebracketed from Latin prōdest (is useful).

Adjective

prou m or f (masculine and feminine plural (colloquial) prous)

  1. enough, sufficient
Derived terms

Pronoun

prou

  1. enough, an adequate number or amount

Adverb

prou

  1. enough, sufficiently
    • 2019 June 17, Lluís Amiguet, ““Només salvarem la Terra si units prioritzem la ciència””, in La Vanguardia:
      «Rússia estava en la ruïna absoluta.» «Però van ser prou intel·ligents com per man­tenir la indústria aeroespacial.»
      "Russia was in absolute ruin." "But they were smart enough to keep the aerospace industry."
  2. quite, considerably
    Synonym: bastant

Verb

prou

  1. (Balearic) first-person singular present indicative of provar

References

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French pro (profit), from Late Latin prōde (profitable, useful), from Latin prōdest (is useful), third-person singular of prōsum (be useful), after being reanalyzed as prōde est. Doublet of preux.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁu/
  • (file)

Adverb

prou

  1. (obsolete) a lot

Usage notes

Nowadays, this word is only used in the phrase peu ou prou, or less commonly in the phrase ni peu ni prou.

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Anagrams

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