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proa

English

Alternative forms

• parao, perahu, prahu, prau, prow

Etymology

From Malay perau, a variant of perahu. In some forms via Portuguese parão or Dutch prauw; in some forms assimilated to prow.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊ.ə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹoʊ.ə/
• Rhymes: -əʊə

Noun

proa (plural proas)

1. A sailing vessel found in the waters of Micronesia and Indonesia; it has a single, large outrigger and a triangular sail.
   • 1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XXII, [1]

     I noticed that on the sea were numerous fantastically shaped canoes—or rather boats—like Malay proas, or the canoes used by many of the South Sea islanders.

Translations

Anagrams

• Paro, prao, rapo, roap

Asturian

Noun

proa f (plural proes)

1. alternative form of proba

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɾo.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpɾo.a]

Noun

proa f (plural proes)

1. prow, bow (front part of a ship)

   Antonym: popa

Further reading

• “proa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “proa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “proa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “proa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chamorro

Noun

proa

1. a traditional sailing outrigger boat of the Chamorro
2. prow, bow (front part of a ship)

French

Noun

proa m (plural proas)

1. alternative spelling of prao

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• prao

Galician

Etymology 1

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).

Noun

proa f (plural proas)

1. bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)

   Antonym: popa

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Verb

proa

1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of proer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin proba.

Noun

proa f (plural [please provide])

1. test, experiment
2. proof

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpru.ɒ/

Noun

proa f (plural pruas)

1. bow, prow

Antonyms

• popa

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), related to pro (“beginning, forward”). Compare Spanish proa, French proue.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pro‧a

Noun

proa f (plural proas)

1. (nautical) bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)

   Synonym: vante

   Antonym: popa

Derived terms

• aproar
• figura de proa
• proeiro

Further reading

• “prôa” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Sardinian

Verb

proa

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of pròere

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish proda, from Vulgar Latin *prōda, from Latin prōra (via dissimilation), borrowed from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira), from Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *por-. Compare Italian proda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾoa/ [ˈpɾo.a]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: pro‧a

Noun

proa f (plural proas)

1. (nautical) bow, prow (front of a boat or ship)

   Antonym: popa

Derived terms

Related terms

• proel (adjective, near the prow)

References

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1985) “proa”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 657

Further reading

• “proa”, 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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• prowa

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish proa, from Old Spanish proda, from Vulgar Latin *prōda, from Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾoa/ [ˈpɾoː.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -oa
• Syllabification: pro‧a

Noun

proa (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜏ) (nautical)

1. prow; bow; front part of a vessel

   Synonym: duong

Further reading

• “prowa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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