Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 beweisen
, 🇪🇸 probar
, 🇮🇹 dimostrare
, 🇵🇹 provar
, 🇨🇳 证明
, 🇯🇵 証明する
, 🇰🇷 증명하다
, 🇸🇦 يثبت
, 🇮🇳 साबित करना
Usage Examples
- Je vais prouver mon innocence devant le tribunal.
- Il doit prouver sa compétence pour obtenir la promotion.
- Les scientifiques ont prouvé que la vitamine D est essentielle à la santé.
Etymology
The French verb **prouver** comes from the Latin *probō* “to test, prove.” In Vulgar Latin it evolved into Old French *prover*, where the Latin *o* sound shifted to the French *u*. The word retained its original sense of testing or proving something and entered modern French as *prouver* with the contemporary spelling.
Synonyms
démontrer
attester
confirmer
établir
justifier
valider
certifier
Antonyms
démentir
nier
invalider
contredire
contester