proa

See also: 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.

   • 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 231:

     Malay ‘prahu’ or proa were said to be more than a match for British vessels.

Translations

sailing vessel

• French: prao (fr) m
• Malay: perahu (ms)

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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “proa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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, 2012–2024

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/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

proa f (plural pruas)

1. bow, prow

Antonyms

• popa

Portuguese

proa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo.a/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo(w).ɐ/

• 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

• buena proa
• de popa a proa
• figurón de proa
• mascarón de proa
• mastelero de proa
• miras de proa
• poner la proa
• proa de violín
• viento de proa

 

Related terms

• proel (adjective, near the prow)

References

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

Further reading

• “proa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28