# proba
## English
### Noun

proba (plural probas)
* (statistics) Abbreviation of probability.

#### Derived terms

* proba measure, proba space

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* proa

### Etymology

From Latin prora, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).

### Noun

proba f (plural probes)
* (nautical) prow, bow (front part of a boat)

#### Antonyms

* popa

## Chinese
### Alternative forms

* probat, probate

### Etymology

From clipping of English probation.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): po$^6$ bei$^1$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: po$^6$ bei$^1$
*** Yale: poh bēi
*** Cantonese Pinyin: po$^6$ bei$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: po$^6$ béi$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰɔː²² pei̯⁵⁵/

### Noun

proba
* (Hong Kong Cantonese) probation (period of conditional employment or engagement)

## French
### Etymology

Clipping of probabilité.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʁɔ.ba/

### Noun

proba f (uncountable)
* (informal) probability theory

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese prova (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin proba.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpɾɔβɐ]

#### Noun

proba f (plural probas)
* test
* proof
* (law) evidence
* sample
* a quantity of meat that is gifted to the ones who helped during the annual slaughter of pigs

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

proba
* inflection of probar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

##### Derived terms

* probar

#### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “prova”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “proua”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “proba”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “proba”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “proba”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈprɔ.ba/
* Rhymes: -ɔba
* Hyphenation: prò‧ba

### Adjective

proba f sg
* feminine singular of probo

## Latin
### Etymology

From probō.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpro.ba/, [ˈprɔbä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈpro.ba/, [ˈprɔːbä]

### Noun

proba f (genitive probae); first declension
* (Late Latin) test, trial
* proof, evidence

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: provë
* Asturian: prueba
* Catalan: prova
* → Dutch: proef
* → English: proof
* Galician: proba
* → German: Probe
** → Macedonian: проба (proba)
** → Polish: próba, proba (Middle Polish)
*** → Kashubian: próba
*** → Slovincian: próba
** → Russian: проба (proba)
** → Serbo-Croatian: проба, proba
* French: preuve
* Friulian: prove
* Italian: prova, pruova
* Ladin: proa
* → Middle Low German: prove
** → Danish: prøve
** → Icelandic: prófa
** → Norwegian Bokmål: prøve
** → Norwegian Nynorsk: prøve
** → Swedish: pröva
* Portuguese: prova
* → Romanian: probă
* Romansch: prova, prouva
* Sardinian: proa, proba, prova
* Sicilian: prova
* Spanish: prueba
* → Swedish: prova, prov
* Venetan: próva

### Adjective

proba
* inflection of probus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

### Adjective

probā
* ablative feminine singular of probus

### References

* “proba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* proba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* proba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

## Portuguese
### Adjective

proba
* feminine singular of probo

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin probāre (19th century).

### Verb

a proba (third-person singular present probează, past participle probat) 1st conjugation
* to prove, demonstrate
    Synonyms: dovedi, stabili
* to try, sample
    Synonym: încerca

#### Related terms

* aproba
* probă

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Probe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /prǒːba/
* Hyphenation: pro‧ba

### Noun

próba f (Cyrillic spelling про́ба)
* rehearsal
* test, trial

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Adjective

proba
* feminine singular of probo