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PRO,

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OP,OR,PO,

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Definitions and meaning of pro

pro

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Provençal + abbreviation of English old.

Symbol

pro

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Old Occitan.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹəʊ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /pɹoʊ/
  • Rhymes: -əʊ

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English pro, from Latin prō (“on behalf of”).

Noun

pro (plural pros)

  2. An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).
    Synonyms: advantage, plus, upside
    Antonyms: con, disadvantage, downside, minus
  3. A person who supports a concept or principle.
    Antonym: anti
Derived terms
  • pros and cons
Translations

Preposition

pro

  1. In favor of.
    Antonym: anti
Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of professional.

Noun

pro (plural pros)

  1. A professional sportsman.
  2. (colloquial) Professional.
Derived terms
  • gold pro
  • pro-am
  • pro shop
Translations

Adjective

pro (comparative more pro, superlative most pro)

  1. Professional.
Derived terms
  • pro wrestling

Etymology 3

Clipping of prostitute.

Noun

pro (plural pros)

  1. (slang) A prostitute.
    • 1974, "Fynn" (Sydney Hopkins), Mister God, This Is Anna
      Millie was one of the dozen or so pros who had a house at the top of the street.
Derived terms
  • pro skirt

Etymology 4

Clipping of proproctor

Noun

pro (plural pros)

  1. (UK, slang, archaic) A proproctor.
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Etymology 5

Clipping of prophylaxis.

Noun

pro (plural pros)

  1. (slang, historical) A chemical prophylaxis taken after sex to avoid contracting venereal disease.

See also

Anagrams

  • OPr., POR, ROP, RPO

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɾɔ]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈpɾo]

Noun

pro m (plural pros)

  1. pro; benefit; bonus

Preposition

pro

  1. pro, for; in favour of

Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English professional.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʰou̯²²/, /pʰɹou̯²²/

Adjective

pro

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) professional

Synonyms

  • 專業／专业 (zhuānyè)

See also

  • 傾pro／倾pro (“to discuss a school project”)

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpro]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Czech pro, from Proto-Slavic *pro.

Preposition

pro [+accusative]

  1. for
    Zabili ho pro peníze. ― They killed him for his money.

Etymology 2

Noun

pro n (indeclinable)

  1. pro (advantage)
    Synonym: klad
    Antonyms: proti, zápor
    Všechno má svá pro a proti. ― Everything has its pros and cons.

Further reading

  • pro in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • pro in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pro]
  • Hyphenation: pro

Preposition

pro

  1. caused by, because of, owing to, due to
  2. motivated by, for the sake of, on account of, for
  3. in exchange for

See also

  • per
  • por

Finnish

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin pro or Ancient Greek πρό (pró).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈproː/, [ˈpro̞ː]
  • Rhymes: -oː
  • Syllabification(key): proo

Adverb

pro (not comparable) (with nominative)

  1. instead of, rather than
    Synonym: sijaan

References

  • Ruppel, Klaas, editor (2021–2023), Suomen etymologinen sanakirja [Finnish Etymological Dictionary] (Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 72)‎[1] (in Finnish), Kotimaisten kielten keskus, →ISSN

Further reading

  • “1. pro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pro, from professional.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈproː/, [ˈpro̞ː]
  • IPA(key): /ˈprou̯/, [ˈpro̞u̯]

Adjective

pro (not comparable) (colloquial)

  1. skilled
    Synonym: taitava
Declension

Further reading

  • “2. pro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁo/

Etymology 1

Clipping of professionnel(le).

Adjective

pro (plural pros)

  1. (informal) professional

Noun

pro m or f by sense (plural pros)

  1. (informal) professional
  2. (informal) a whiz, someone who is very good at something

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

From prochain.

Adjective

pro (plural pros)

  1. (informal) next

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prō (“for”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

pro (+ accusative or dative)

  1. per, each
    Synonyms: je, für

Usage notes

  • Followed by a noun in either the accusative or dative case. No semantic distinction is made between the cases here. Examples from Duden:
    pro gefahrenen / gefahrenem Kilometer ― per kilometer travelled
    pro verkauftes / verkauftem Exemplar ― for every copy sold
  • When used in a Latin phrase, the ablative is used according to the rules of Latin grammar: pars pro toto or Pars pro Toto, and pro forma or pro Forma.

Derived terms

  • pro Kopf

Further reading

  • “pro, je, zu, jeweils, für” in Duden online
  • “pro, für, dafür” in Duden online
  • “pro” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Ido

Preposition

pro

  1. because of

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpro]
  • Hyphenation: pro

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin pro.

Adjective

pro

  1. (colloquial) pro, in favor of.
    Synonym: setuju
  2. more.
    Synonym: lebih

Etymology 2

From clipping of profesional (“professional”).

Noun

pro (first-person possessive proku, second-person possessive promu, third-person possessive pronya)

  1. Clipping of profesional (“professional”)..

Further reading

  • “pro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Alternative forms

  • por

Etymology

From Latin prō, which is the predecessor of French pour, Italian pro and Spanish para via Vulgar Latin por. See also por.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pro/

Preposition

pro

  1. for, to, for the sake of, not against
  2. in place of, in exchange for, in return for
  3. (+ infinitive) to, in order to (expressing the intended purpose of an action)

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ/°, /pro/° (preposition)
    • Rhymes: -ɔ, -o
    • Hyphenation: prò, pro
  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ/* (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ɔ
    • Hyphenation: prò
  • The preposition does not trigger syntactic gemination in the following word, but the noun does.

Preposition

pro

  1. (archaic) for, in favor of/in favour of
Related terms
  • pro capite (pro-capite, procapite)

Noun

pro m (invariable)

  1. (dated) good, benefit, advantage, weal
  2. pro (as in English “pros and cons”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ/*
  • Rhymes: -ɔ
  • Hyphenation: prò

Noun

pro m (invariable)

  1. (slang) pro

Ladin

Noun

pro m (plural pro)

  1. good; benefit; advantage

Latin

Alternative forms

  • ꝓ (abbreviation, Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, o-grade of *per-.

The ablative is from the PIE locative. The accusative is like ante. The Late Latin accusative is from the case merger trend.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /proː/, [proː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pro/, [prɔː]

Preposition

prō (+ ablative, accusative) (accusative in Late Latin)

  1. for
  2. on behalf of, in the interest of, for the sake of
    • 6th century BC, Tibur pedestal inscription (CIL I2 2658; image (page 18)):
  3. before, in front of
  4. instead of
  5. about
  6. according to
  7. as, like
  8. as befitting

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Late Latin: pōr (see there for further descendants)
  • Sardinian: pro, po
  • → English: pro
  • → Finnish: pro
  • → German: pro
  • → Indonesian: pro
  • → Portuguese: pró

References

  • “pro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “pro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • pro 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)
  • pro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[4], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • pro in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[5], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʀoː/
    • Rhymes: -oː

Preposition

pro

  1. per

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin prō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɔː/

Noun

pro

  1. (Late Middle English, rare) advantage, benefit, upside

Descendants

  • English: pro

References

  • “prō, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-10.

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pru/

Preposition

pro

  1. enough
    N'i a pro. - There is enough (of it).
  2. quite
    Una rauba pro polida. - A quite pretty dress.

Old French

Etymology 1

Preposition

pro

  1. (very early Old French) Alternative form of por

Etymology 2

From Late Latin prōde. Doublet of preu.

Alternative forms

  • prut
  • prod
  • preu
  • prou

Noun

pro oblique singular, m (nominative singular pro)

  1. profit, advantage
Descendants
  • French: prou (in the idiom peu ou prou)

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin prōde (“useful”), perhaps via Old Occitan pro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾo/

Noun

pro f (usually uncountable)

  1. usefulness, advantage, benefit

Related terms

  • por

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • (pre-1990) prò
  • (misspelling) pró

Etymology

Contraction of pra o.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pro

Contraction

pro (feminine pra, masculine plural pros, feminine plural pras)

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of pra o (“for/to the (masculine singular)”).

Sardinian

Alternative forms

  • po (Campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin pro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pro/

Preposition

pro

  1. for

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾo/ [ˈpɾo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: pro

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish pro, from Late Latin prōde (“useful”).

Noun

pro m (plural pros)

  1. usefulness, advantage, benefit
Derived terms

Etymology 2

A recent Latinism, borrowed from Latin prō; see above. Doublet of por.

Preposition

pro

  1. pro, in favor of, for
Usage notes
  • Equivalent to, and often replaced with, en pro de (see en, de) or a favor de (see a, favor).

Etymology 3

A very recent anglicism, borrowed from English pro.

Noun

pro m or f by sense (plural pros)

  1. pro (professional)

Adjective

pro m or f (masculine and feminine plural pro or pros)

  1. pro (professional)

Further reading

  • “pro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Volapük

Preposition

pro

  1. for

Source: wiktionary.org