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provo

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See also: Provo and provò

English

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Noun

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provo (plural provos)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Provo (member of Dutch counterculture movement)
    • 1967, Joe David Brown, editor, The Hippies, New York: Time, Inc, page 22:
      In this respect, they lag behind Amsterdam's provos, Western Europe's hippies, who once tried to prove a point about communal property: []

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Verb

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provo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of provar

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈprovo]
  • Rhymes: -ovo
  • Hyphenation: pro‧vo

Noun

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provo (accusative singular provon, plural provoj, accusative plural provojn)

  1. attempt

Finnish

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Etymology

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Clipping of provokaatio or provosointi. Alternatively a back-formation from provosoida.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈproʋo/, [ˈpro̞ʋo̞]
  • Rhymes: -oʋo
  • Hyphenation(key): pro‧vo

Noun

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provo (colloquial)

  1. Synonym of provokaatio.

Declension

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Inflection of provo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative provo provot
genitive provon provojen
partitive provoa provoja
illative provoon provoihin
singular plural
nominative provo provot
accusative nom. provo provot
gen. provon
genitive provon provojen
partitive provoa provoja
inessive provossa provoissa
elative provosta provoista
illative provoon provoihin
adessive provolla provoilla
ablative provolta provoilta
allative provolle provoille
essive provona provoina
translative provoksi provoiksi
abessive provotta provoitta
instructive provoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of provo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative provoni provoni
accusative nom. provoni provoni
gen. provoni
genitive provoni provojeni
partitive provoani provojani
inessive provossani provoissani
elative provostani provoistani
illative provooni provoihini
adessive provollani provoillani
ablative provoltani provoiltani
allative provolleni provoilleni
essive provonani provoinani
translative provokseni provoikseni
abessive provottani provoittani
instructive
comitative provoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative provosi provosi
accusative nom. provosi provosi
gen. provosi
genitive provosi provojesi
partitive provoasi provojasi
inessive provossasi provoissasi
elative provostasi provoistasi
illative provoosi provoihisi
adessive provollasi provoillasi
ablative provoltasi provoiltasi
allative provollesi provoillesi
essive provonasi provoinasi
translative provoksesi provoiksesi
abessive provottasi provoittasi
instructive
comitative provoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative provomme provomme
accusative nom. provomme provomme
gen. provomme
genitive provomme provojemme
partitive provoamme provojamme
inessive provossamme provoissamme
elative provostamme provoistamme
illative provoomme provoihimme
adessive provollamme provoillamme
ablative provoltamme provoiltamme
allative provollemme provoillemme
essive provonamme provoinamme
translative provoksemme provoiksemme
abessive provottamme provoittamme
instructive
comitative provoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative provonne provonne
accusative nom. provonne provonne
gen. provonne
genitive provonne provojenne
partitive provoanne provojanne
inessive provossanne provoissanne
elative provostanne provoistanne
illative provoonne provoihinne
adessive provollanne provoillanne
ablative provoltanne provoiltanne
allative provollenne provoillenne
essive provonanne provoinanne
translative provoksenne provoiksenne
abessive provottanne provoittanne
instructive
comitative provoinenne

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈprɔ.vo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvo
  • Hyphenation: prò‧vo

Verb

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provo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of provare

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔvu, (Northern Portugal) -ɔbu
  • Hyphenation: pro‧vo

Verb

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provo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of provar