pro

from Provençal, with the final o for old. Compare fro.

pro

1. ISO 639 code for Old Provençal / Old Occitan.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊ/
• Rhymes: -əʊ

From Latin prō (“on behalf of”).

pro (plural pros)

1. An advantage of something, especially when contrasted with its disadvantages (cons).

   What are the pros and cons of buying a car?

2. A person who supports a concept or principle.

• (advantage): advantage, plus, upside

• (advantage): con, disadvantage, downside, minus
• (person who supports): anti

• pros and cons

pro

1. In favor of.

   He is pro exercise but against physical exertion, quite a conundrum.

• anti

Clipping of professional.

pro (plural pros)

1. A professional sportsman.
2. (colloquial) Professional.

   When it comes to DIY, he's a real pro.

• pro-am

pro (comparative more pro, superlative most pro)

1. Professional.

   He landed a pro mentorship gig.

Clipping of prostitute.

pro (plural pros)

1. A prostitute.
   • 1974, "Fynn" (Sydney Hopkins), Mister God, This Is Anna

     Millie was one of the dozen or so pros who had a house at the top of the street.

• OPr., POR, ROP, RPO

pro m (plural pros)

1. pro; benefit; bonus

pro

1. pro, for; in favour of

• IPA^(key): /pro/

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pro + accusative

1. for

pro n

1. pro (advantage)

   Všechno má svá pro a proti. — Everything has its pros and cons.

• klad m

• proti

• pro in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• pro in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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• IPA^(key): /pro/
• Hyphenation: pro

pro

1. caused by, because of, owing to, due to
2. motivated by, for the sake of, on account of, for
3. in exchange for

• per
• por

Clipping of professionnel(le).

• IPA^(key): /pʁo/

pro (plural pros)

1. (informal) professional

   Il est très pro.

pro m or f (plural pros)

1. (informal) professional

   Elle est une vraie pro.

2. (informal) a whiz, someone who is very good at something

   Nous avons affaire à un pro !

• “pro” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

pro (+ accusative)

1. per

• When used with Latin words, the ablative is used as in pars pro toto or Pars pro Toto, and pro forma or pro Forma.

pro

1. because of

pro

1. for, to

From Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”).

• IPA^(key): /prɔ/, [pr̺ɔ], /pro/, [pr̺o]
• Rhymes: -ɔ, -o

pro

1. (archaic) for, in favour of

• pro capite (pro-capite, procapite)

pro m (invariable)

1. (dated) good, benefit, advantage, weal
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto II, p. 29, vv. 109-111:

     Al mondo non fur mai persone ratte ¶ a far lor pro o a fuggir lor danno, ¶ com'io, dopo cotai parole fatte.

     Never were persons in the world so swift ¶ to work their weal and to escape their woe, ¶ as I, after such words as these were uttered.

2. pro (as in English “pros and cons”)

Borrowed from English pro.

pro m (invariable)

1. (slang) pro

pro m (plural pro)

1. good; benefit; advantage

• por- (archaic)

From Proto-Indo-European *pro-, form of *per-.[1]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proː/

prō + ablative (LL. also + accusative)

1. for
2. on behalf of
3. before
4. in front, instead of
5. about
6. according to
7. as, like
8. as befitting

• Vulgar Latin: *por (see there for further descendants)
• → English: pro
• → German: pro
• → Portuguese: pró

• pro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• pro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• pro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make up, stir up a fire: ignem excitare (pro Mur. 25. 51)
    
  • as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro viribus or pro mea parte
    
  • as well as I can; to the best of my ability: pro virili parte (cf. sect. V. 22.)
    
  • to die for one's country: mortem occumbere pro patria
    
  • to shed one's blood for one's fatherland: sanguinem suum pro patria effundere or profundere
    
  • to sacrifice oneself for one's country: vitam profundere pro patria
    
  • to sacrifice oneself for one's country: se morti offerre pro salute patriae
    
  • according to circumstances: pro re (nata), pro tempore
    
  • according to circumstances: pro tempore et pro re
    
  • to avoid no risk in order to..: nullum periculum recusare pro
    
  • to show gratitude (in one's acts): gratiam alicui referre (meritam, debitam) pro aliqua re
    
  • to thank a person (in words): gratias alicui agere pro aliqua re
    
  • to return good for evil: pro maleficiis beneficia reddere
    
  • according to a man's deserts: ex, pro merito
    
  • to strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter: pro viribus eniti et laborare, ut
    
  • this much I can vouch for: illud pro certo affirmare licet
    
  • to quote an argument in favour of immortality: argumentum immortalitatis afferre (not pro)
    
  • this goes to prove what I say: hoc est a (pro) me
    
  • the matter speaks for itself: res ipsa (pro me apud te) loquitur
    
  • to translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus): verbum pro verbo reddere
    
  • to be security for some one: sponsionem facere, sponsorem esse pro aliquo
    
  • to revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf: ulcisci aliquem pro aliquo or pro aliqua re
    
  • to give some one satisfaction for an injury: satisfacere alicui pro (de) iniuriis
    
  • to tell lies: falsa (pro veris) dicere
    
  • a religious war: bellum pro religionibus susceptum
    
  • to sacrifice human victims: pro victimis homines immolare
    
  • to fight for hearth and home: pro aris et focis pugnare, certare, dimicare
    
  • to support a bill (before the people): pro lege dicere
    
  • to go to Cilicia as pro-consul: pro consule in Ciliciam proficisci
    
  • to give evidence on some one's behalf: testimonium dicere pro aliquo
    
  • to state as evidence: pro testimonio dicere
    
  • to defend a person: causam dicere pro aliquo
    
  • to punish some one: ulcisci aliquem (pro aliqua re)
    
  • to be on duty before the gates: stationes agere pro portis
    
• pro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

From Latin.

• IPA^(key): /pʀoː/
  • Rhymes: -oː

pro

1. per

pro

1. (very early Old French) Alternative form of por

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg

pro

1. (colloquial) contraction of para (“for”) + o (“the”)

A recent Latinism, borrowed from Latin prō; see above. Doublet of por.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾo/

pro

1. pro, in favor of, for

Equivalent to, and often replaced with, en pro de (see en, de) or a favor de (see a, favor).

pro m or f (plural pros)

1. pro (professional)

pro (plural pros)

1. pro (professional)

pro

1. for