próba

From Latin proba.[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈproːbɒ]
• Hyphenation: pró‧ba
• Rhymes: -bɒ

próba (plural próbák)

1. test, testing, trial, experiment

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

2. sample, specimen

   Synonyms: minta, mintadarab, kóstoló, példány

3. (clothing) fitting, trying on

   Synonym: felpróbálás

4. (theater) rehearsal
5. (criminal law, in certain phrases) probation, parole

   Synonym: feltételes szabadlábra helyezés

• próbál

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

Borrowed from Polish próba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈproba/
• Syllabification: pró‧ba

próba f

1. attempt, effort, test, trial, try

• 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

Borrowed from Polish próba.

• IPA^(key): [ˈproba]
• Syllabification: pró‧ba

próba f

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

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “proba, próba”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 6, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 15

• proba (Middle Polish)

Borrowed from German Probe.[1][2][3][4] First attested in the 16th century.[5] Cognate with English proof, probe.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpru.ba/
• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈpro.ba/

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• Rhymes: -uba
• Syllabification: pró‧ba

próba f

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

   Synonym: usiłowanie

2. (theater) 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'e abilities)

   Synonym: próbka

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

   Synonym: próbka

7. (metallurgy) fineness (ratio, in a precious metal, of the primary metal to any additives or impurities)
8. (statistics, sciences) 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)

• → Kashubian: próba
• → Masurian: próba
• → Slovincian: próba

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]

• próba in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• próba in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “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

Borrowed from Polish próba.

• IPA^(key): /ˈproba/
• Syllabification: pró‧ba

próba f

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

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