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prou
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See also: přou
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Catalan prou, from Late Latin prōde (“profitable”), rebracketed from Latin prōdest (“is useful”). Compare French prou.
Adjective
prou m or f (masculine and feminine plural (colloquial) prous)
Derived terms
Pronoun
prou
- enough, an adequate number or amount
Adverb
prou
- 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."
- quite, considerably
- Synonym: bastant
Interjection
prou
Etymology 2
Verb
prou
References
- “prou”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “prou”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “prou” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “prou” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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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. Compare Catalan prou, where the form is widely used.
Pronunciation
Adverb
prou
Usage notes
Nowadays, this word is only used in the phrase peu ou prou, or less commonly in the phrase ni peu ni prou.
Further reading
- “prou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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