proso

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

proso millet

Wikipedia

Noun

proso (uncountable)

1. Panicum miliaceum, a grass used as a crop.
   • 1973, Dan Herndon Jordan, Soil Survey of Cherokee, Gilmer, and Pickens Counties, Georgia:

     Examples are corn, sorghum, wheat, oats, millet, soybeans, and proso.

See also

• proso millet

Anagrams

• Spoor, roops, sopor, spoor, sporo-

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

proso

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech proso, from Proto-Slavic *proso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈproso]
• Hyphenation: pro‧so

Noun

proso n

1. panicum, panicgrass, any member of the genus Panicum
2. millet (grain)

Declension

Declension of proso (hard neuter)

	singular	plural
nominative	proso	prosa
genitive	prosa	pros
dative	prosu	prosům
accusative	proso	prosa
vocative	proso	prosa
locative	prosu	prosech
instrumental	prosem	prosy

See also

• jáhla f

Further reading

• “proso”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “proso”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “proso”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.zo/
• Rhymes: -ɔzo
• Hyphenation: prò‧so

Verb

proso

1. first-person singular present indicative of prosare

Anagrams

• rospo, sporo-

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

proso

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *proso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.sɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔsɔ
• Syllabification: pro‧so

Noun

proso n

1. panicgrass, panicum, millet (any grass of the genus Panicum or its grains), especially:
   1. proso millet (Panicum miliaceum)

Declension

Declension of proso

	singular	plural
nominative	proso	prosa
genitive	prosa	pros
dative	prosu	prosom
accusative	proso	prosa
instrumental	prosem	prosami
locative	prosie	prosach
vocative	proso	prosa

Derived terms

nouns

• prośnisko

Further reading

• proso in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• proso in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *proso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prôso/
• Hyphenation: pro‧so

Noun

prȍso n (Cyrillic spelling про̏со)

1. millet (grain)

Declension

Declension of proso

	singular
nominative	proso
genitive	prosa
dative	prosu
accusative	proso
vocative	proso
locative	prosu
instrumental	prosom

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:

proso

Wikipedia ^sk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *proso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈprɔsɔ]

Noun

proso n

1. panicum, panicgrass, any member of the genus Panicum
2. millet (grain)

Declension

Declension of proso
(pattern mesto)

	singular	plural
nominative	proso	prosá
genitive	prosa	prôs
dative	prosu	prosám
accusative	proso	prosá
locative	prose	prosách
instrumental	prosom	prosami

Further reading

• “proso”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *proso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɔsóː/

Noun

prosọ̑ n

1. millet (grain)

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nom. sing.	proso
gen. sing.	prosa
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	proso	prosi	prosa
genitive (rodȋlnik)	prosa	pros	pros
dative (dajȃlnik)	prosu	prosoma	prosom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	proso	prosi	prosa
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	prosu	prosih	prosih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	prosom	prosoma	prosi

Further reading

• “proso”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʀɔsɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔsɔ
• Hyphenation: pro‧so
• Syllabification: pro‧so

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pȏrsę.

Noun

proso n

1. (zoology) piglet

Declension

Declension of proso (neuter t-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	proso	proseći	prosata
genitive	proseća	prosećow	prosatow
dative	proseću	prosećomaj	prosatam
accusative	proso	proseći	prosata
instrumental	prosećom	prosećomaj	prosatami
locative	proseću	prosećomaj	prosatach
vocative	proso	proseći	prosata

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *prȍso.

Noun

proso n

1. (botany) millet

Declension

Declension of proso (neuter t-stem)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	proso	proseći	prosata
genitive	proseća	prosećow	prosatow
dative	proseću	prosećomaj	prosatam
accusative	proso	proseći	prosata
instrumental	prosećom	prosećomaj	prosatami
locative	proseću	prosećomaj	prosatach
vocative	proso	proseći	prosata

References

• “proso” in Soblex