Etymology

From LatinCategory:Hungarian terms borrowed from Latin#PROBACategory:Hungarian terms derived from Latin#PROBA proba.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈproːbɒ]Category:Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation#PROBA
• Hyphenation: pró‧ba
• Rhymes: -bɒCategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/bɒ#PROBACategory:Rhymes:Hungarian/bɒ/2 syllables#PROBA

Noun

próba (plural próbák)Category:Hungarian lemmas#PROBACategory:Hungarian nouns#PROBACategory:Hungarian entries with incorrect language header#PROBACategory:Pages with entries#PRÓBACategory:Pages with 4 entries#PRÓBA

1. test, testing, trial, experiment

   Synonyms: próbatétel, kipróbálás, kísérlet, ellenőrzés, tesztelés, vizsgálat, kivizsgálás

2. sample, specimen

   Synonyms: minta, mintadarab, kóstoló, példány

3. (clothingCategory:hu:Clothing#PROBA) fitting, trying on

   Synonym: felpróbálás

4. (theaterCategory:hu:Theater#PROBA) rehearsal
5. (criminal lawCategory:hu:Criminal law#PROBA, in certain phrases) probation, parole

   Synonym: feltételes szabadlábra helyezés

References

Further reading

• próba in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish próba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ba/Category:Kashubian terms with IPA pronunciation#PRÓBA
• Rhymes: -obaCategory:Rhymes:Kashubian/oba#PRÓBACategory:Rhymes:Kashubian/oba/2 syllables#PRÓBA
• Syllabification: pró‧ba

Noun

próba fCategory:Kashubian lemmas#PRÓBACategory:Kashubian nouns#PRÓBACategory:Kashubian entries with incorrect language header#PRÓBACategory:Kashubian feminine nouns#PRÓBACategory:Pages with entries#PRÓBACategory:Pages with 4 entries#PRÓBA

1. attempt, effort, test, trial, try

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893), “proba”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 161
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “próba”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “próba”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
• “próba”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Alternative forms

• proba (Middle Polish)

Etymology

Borrowed from German Probe.^[1][2][3][4] First attested in the 16th century.^[5]Category:Polish terms derived from Proto-Italic#PROBACategory:Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (fare)#PROBACategory:Polish terms derived from Late Latin#PROBACategory:Polish terms borrowed from German#PROBACategory:Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (before)#PROBACategory:Polish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-#PROBACategory:Polish terms derived from German#PROBACategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#PROBACategory:Pages with etymology trees#PROBACategory:Polish entries with etymology trees#PROBACategory:Polish entries with etymology texts#PROBACategory:Pages using etymon with no ID#PROBA Cognate with English proof, probe.

Pronunciation

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  Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#PROBA
• Rhymes: -ubaCategory:Rhymes:Polish/uba#PROBACategory:Rhymes:Polish/uba/2 syllables#PROBA
• Syllabification: pró‧ba

Noun

próba fCategory:Polish lemmas#PROBACategory:Polish nouns#PROBACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#PROBACategory:Polish feminine nouns#PROBACategory:Pages with entries#PRÓBACategory:Pages with 4 entries#PRÓBA

1. attempt, effort, try (something done in the aim of accomplishing something)

   Synonym: usiłowanie

2. (theaterCategory:pl:Theater#PROBA) rehearsal (practicing of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done)
3. trial, test (action intended to check something)
4. trial (difficult situation)
5. sample (example of someone's abilities)

   Synonym: próbka

6. sample (small amount of something taken for analysis)

   Synonym: próbka

7. (metallurgyCategory:pl:Metallurgy#PROBA) fineness (ratio, in a precious metal, of the primary metal to any additives or impurities)
8. (statisticsCategory:pl:Statistics#PROBA, sciencesCategory:pl:Sciences#PROBA) sample (subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population)
9. attempt, effort try; sample, fruit (result of someone's attempts)
10. proof (effort, process, or operation designed to establish or discover a fact or truth)

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), próba is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 32 times in scientific texts, 37 times in news, 22 times in essays, 13 times in fiction, and 5 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 109 times, making it the 573rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.^[6]

References

Further reading

• “próba”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “próba”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)
• “PROBA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 12.04.2010
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “próba”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “próba”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1908), “próba”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw, page 1003

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish próba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ba/Category:Slovincian terms with IPA pronunciation#PRÓBA
• Rhymes: -obaCategory:Rhymes:Slovincian/oba#PRÓBACategory:Rhymes:Slovincian/oba/2 syllables#PRÓBA
• Syllabification: pró‧ba

Noun

próba fCategory:Slovincian lemmas#PRÓBACategory:Slovincian nouns#PRÓBACategory:Slovincian entries with incorrect language header#PRÓBACategory:Slovincian feminine nouns#PRÓBACategory:Pages with entries#PRÓBACategory:Pages with 4 entries#PRÓBA

1. attempt, effort try (something done in the aim of accomplishing something)
2. sample; example

Further reading

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1912), “prȯ́ṷbă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 2, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 857