prout

See also: Prout

French

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic/interjectory origin. First attested 1176 as an expression of disdain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁut/

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• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

prout m (plural prouts)

1. (informal) fart, trump, toot (an emission of flatulent gases)

   Synonym: pet

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *próder.

Proto-Italic *prō

Latin prō

Latin ut

Latin prout

From prō + ut.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpro.ʊt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.ut]

Conjunction

prout

1. according as, in proportion
2. just as, exactly as

References

• “prout”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “prout”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "prout", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “prout”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.