# probable
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English probable, from Old French probable, from Latin probābilis (“that may be proved, credible”), from probāre (“to test, examine”); see probe, probity, prove. Compare recent doublet provable.

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈpɹɑbəbl̩/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈpɹɒbəbl̩/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Hyphenation: prob‧a‧ble

### Adjective

probable (comparative more probable, superlative most probable)
* Likely or most likely to be true.
    It's probable that it will rain tomorrow.
    The probable source of the failure was the mass of feathers in the intake manifold.
* Likely to happen.
    With all the support we have, success is looking probable.
* Supporting, or giving ground for, belief, but not demonstrating.
** 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:probable evidence
** 1890, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 2, page 8:From an examination of the Teutonic words for "temple" Grimm has made it probable that amongst the Germans the oldest sanctuaries were natural woods.
* (obsolete) Capable of being proved.

#### Antonyms

* improbable

#### Derived terms

* probability
* probable cause
* probable error
* probably

#### Translations

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#### See also

* possible
* probeable

### Noun

probable (plural probables)
* Something that is likely.
** 2013, Ikuhiko Hata, Yasuho Izawa, Christopher Shores, Japanese Naval Fighter Aces 1932-45, page 57:Four of the 32 251 Ku aircraft turned back, but the other 28 fought for 20 minutes against a reported 100 enemy aircraft, claiming 18 destroyed and five probables.
* A person who is likely to appear or do a certain thing.

#### Further reading

* “probable”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “probable”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin probābilis.

### Adjective

probable (epicene, plural probables)
* probable

#### Antonyms

* improbable

#### Related terms

* probabilidá

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin probābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [pɾuˈβab.blə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [pɾoˈbab.blə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pɾoˈba.ble]
* Rhymes: -ablə, -able

### Adjective

probable m or f (masculine and feminine plural probables)
* probable
    Antonym: improbable

#### Derived terms

* probablement

#### Related terms

* probabilitat

### Further reading

* “probable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin probābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pʁɔ.babl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

probable (plural probables)
* likely, probable

#### Derived terms

* improbable
* probabilité
* probablement

#### Related terms

* prouver

### Further reading

* “probable”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* provável (reintegrationist)
* probábel

### Etymology

From Latin probābilis.

### Adjective

probable m or f (plural probables)
* probable
    Antonyms: improbable, improbábel

#### Derived terms

* probablemente

#### Related terms

* probabilidade

### Further reading

* “probable”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Ido
### Adverb

probable
* probably

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin probābilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾoˈbable/ [pɾoˈβ̞a.β̞le]
* Audio (Bolivia):(file)
* Rhymes: -able
* Syllabification: pro‧ba‧ble

### Adjective

probable m or f (masculine and feminine plural probables)
* probable, likely
* provable
    Synonym: comprobable

#### Antonyms

* improbable

#### Derived terms

* probablemente

#### Related terms

* probabilidad

### Further reading

* “probable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10