different between apron vs pro

English

Alternative forms

• napron (obsolete)

Etymology

Rebracketing of napron (a napron ? an apron), from Middle English naperon, napron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?e?.p??n/

Noun

apron (plural aprons)

1. An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
2. The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
3. A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
   1. (aviation) The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal
   2. The spreading end of a driveway.
   3. The paved area below the yellow line on a race track.
   4. The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station
   5. The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
   6. (pinball) A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
4. The sides of a tree's canopy.
5. The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
6. A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

apron (third-person singular simple present aprons, present participle aproning, simple past and past participle aproned)

1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, an apron.

Anagrams

• on par

Esperanto

Noun

apron

1. accusative singular of apro

Middle English

Noun

apron

1. Alternative form of naperon

Translingual

Etymology

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

Symbol

pro

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

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p???/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /p?o?/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Late Middle English pro, from Latin pr? (“on behalf of”).

Noun

pro (plural pros)

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

   Synonyms: advantage, plus, upside

   Antonyms: con, disadvantage, downside, minus

2. A person who supports a concept or principle.

   Antonym: anti

Derived terms

• pros and cons

Translations

Preposition

pro

1. In favor of.

   Antonym: anti

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of professional.

Noun

pro (plural pros)

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

Derived terms

• pro-am

Translations

Adjective

pro (comparative more pro, superlative most pro)

1. Professional.

Etymology 3

Clipping of prostitute.

Noun

pro (plural pros)

1. (slang) 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.

Etymology 4

Clipping of proproctor

Noun

pro (plural pros)

1. (Britain, slang, archaic) A proproctor.

References

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• OPr., POR, ROP, RPO

Catalan

Noun

pro m (plural pros)

1. pro; benefit; bonus

Preposition

pro

1. pro, for; in favour of

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro/

Etymology 1

Preposition

pro + accusative

1. for

Etymology 2

Noun

pro n

1. pro (advantage)

   Synonym: klad

   Antonyms: proti, zápor

Further reading

• pro in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• pro in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro/
• Hyphenation: pro

Preposition

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

See also

• per
• por

French

Etymology

Clipping of professionnel(le).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?o/

Adjective

pro (plural pros)

1. (informal) professional

   Il est très pro.

Noun

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 !

Further reading

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

German

Etymology

Latin pr? (“for”)

Preposition

pro (+ accusative or dative)

1. per, each

   Synonyms: je, für

Usage notes

• Followed by a noun in either the accusative or dative case. No semantic distinction is made between the cases here. Examples from Duden:

• When used in a Latin phrase, the ablative is used according to the rules of Latin grammar: pars pro toto or Pars pro Toto, and pro forma or pro Forma.

Derived terms

• pro Kopf

Further reading

• “pro” in Duden online

Ido

Preposition

pro

1. because of

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?pro]
• Hyphenation: pro

Etymology 1

From learned borrowing from Latin pro.

Adjective

pro (plural pro-pro)

1. (colloquial) pro, in favor of.

   Synonym: setuju

2. more.

   Synonym: lebih

Etymology 2

From clipping of profesional (“professional”).

Noun

pro (first-person possessive proku, second-person possessive promu, third-person possessive pronya)

1. Clipping of profesional (“professional”)..

Further reading

• “pro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Interlingua

Preposition

pro

1. for, to

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin pr? (“for, on behalf of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?/, [pr??], /pro/, [pr?o]
• Rhymes: -?, -o

Preposition

pro

1. (archaic) for, in favour of

Related terms

• pro capite (pro-capite, procapite)

Noun

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”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English pro.

Noun

pro m (invariable)

1. (slang) pro

Ladin

Noun

pro m (plural pro)

1. good; benefit; advantage

Latin

Alternative forms

• por- (ante-classical)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pro-, o-grade of *per-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pro?/, [p?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro/, [p??]

Preposition

pr? (+ ablative, accusative) (accusative in Late Latin)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sardinian: pro, po
• Vulgar Latin: *por (see there for further descendants)
• ? English: pro
• ? German: pro
• ? Portuguese: pró

References

• 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?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• pro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?o?/
  • Rhymes: -o?

Preposition

pro

1. per

Middle English

Etymology

From Latin pr?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr??/

Noun

pro

1. (Late Middle English, rare) advantage, benefit, upside

Descendants

• English: pro

References

• “pr?, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-07-10.

Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pru/

Preposition

pro

1. enough

   N'i a pro. - There is enough (of it).

2. quite

   Una rauba pro polida. - A quite pretty dress.

Old French

Etymology 1

Preposition

pro

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

Etymology 2

From Late Latin pr?de. Doublet of preu.

Alternative forms

• prut
• prod
• preu
• prou

Noun

pro m (nominative singular pro)

1. profit, advantage

Descendants

• French: prou (in the idiom peu ou prou)

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin pr?de (“useful”), perhaps via Old Occitan pro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [p?o]

Noun

pro f (usually uncountable)

1. usefulness, advantage, benefit
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 5v.

Related terms

• por

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /p?u/

Contraction

pro

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

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• po (campidanese)

Etymology

From Latin pro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pro/

Preposition

pro

1. for

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?o/, [?p?o]

Etymology 1

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

Preposition

pro

1. pro, in favor of, for

Usage notes

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

Etymology 2

A very recent anglicism, borrowed from English pro.

Noun

pro m or f (plural pros)

1. pro (professional)

Adjective

pro (plural pro or pros)

1. pro (professional)

Volapük

Preposition

pro

1. for