prova

See also: próva, provà, provâ, pröva, and prøva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɾɔ.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpɾɔ.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɾɔ.va]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pro‧va

Etymology 1

Deverbal from provar, possibly corresponding to Late Latin proba, from Latin probō.

Noun

prova f (plural proves)

1. exam
2. test
3. proof, evidence (fact or observation presented in support of an assertion)
4. (law) evidence (anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial)

Derived terms

• a prova de bales

Etymology 2

Verb

prova

1. inflection of provar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “prova”, 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
• “prova”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “prova” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “prova” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Alternative forms

• pruova (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.va/

• Audio (IT):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔva
• Hyphenation: prò‧va

Etymology 1

Either deverbal from provare (“to try; to test; to prove; to feel”) +‎ -a, or from Late Latin proba, from Latin probō.

Noun

prova f (plural prove)

1. trial, test, experiment

   Synonyms: verifica, esperimento

2. examination, exam, test

   Synonym: esame

3. proof, evidence
4. try, attempt, shot

   Synonyms: tentativo, sforzo

5. (sports) trial, test, event, performance
6. (theater) rehearsal
7. (poetic) the condition of having felt (something)
   • 1336–1374, Francesco Petrarca, “I — Voi ch’ascoltate in rime sparse il suono”, in Il Canzoniere, line 7; republished as Daniele Ponchiroli, editor, Turin: publ. Giulio Einaudi, 1964:

     […] ove sia chi per prova intenda amore, […]

     […] if anyone understands love by having felt it.

Related terms

• a prova di
• controprova
• provare
• provato
• provino
• riprova

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

prova

1. inflection of provare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• pravo