probă

See also: proba, próba, and probá

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Late Latin proba, from Latin probō; partly through the intermediate of Polish and Hungarian próba, German Probe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈbə/
• Rhymes: -obə
• Hyphenation: pro‧bă

Noun

probă f (plural probe)

1. piece of evidence
2. test, trial, examination

   Synonyms: test, încercare

3. test run
4. sample, probe
5. (dated, chiefly Transylvania) rehearsal

   Synonym: repetiție

6. (obsolete) proof

   Synonym: dovadă

Declension

Declension of probă

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	probă	proba		probe	probele
genitive-dative	probe	probei		probe	probelor
vocative	probă, probo			probelor

Related terms

• proba
• problăui

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /proˈbə/
• Rhymes: -ə
• Hyphenation: pro‧bă

Verb

probă

1. third-person singular indicative simple perfect of proba (“to test; to try on”)

Further reading

• probă in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1978), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 8, part 5, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, pages 1546–1548