Etymology

From LatinCategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#IMPROBO improbus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈim.pro.bo/Category:Italian 3-syllable words#IMPROBOCategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#IMPROBO
• Rhymes: -improboCategory:Rhymes:Italian/improbo#IMPROBOCategory:Rhymes:Italian/improbo/3 syllables#IMPROBO
• Hyphenation: ìm‧pro‧bo

Adjective

improbo (feminine improba, masculine plural improbi, feminine plural improbe)Category:Italian lemmas#IMPROBOCategory:Italian adjectives#IMPROBOCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#IMPROBOCategory:Pages with entries#IMPROBOCategory:Pages with 2 entries#IMPROBO

1. hard, laborious (work)
2. (literaryCategory:Italian literary terms#IMPROBO) dishonest

Further reading

• improbo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪm.prɔ.boː]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#IMPROBOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#IMPROBO
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈim.pro.bo]Category:Latin 3-syllable words#IMPROBOCategory:Latin terms with IPA pronunciation#IMPROBO

Etymology 1

From in- (not) +‎ probōCategory:Latin terms prefixed with in- (not)#PROBO.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

References

• “improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “improbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “improbo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to accept as a happy omen: omen accipere (opp. improbare)
    

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