different between proverb vs provers

English

Etymology

From Old French proverbe, from Latin proverbium.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??v??b/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p???v??b/

Noun

proverb (plural proverbs)

1. A phrase expressing a basic truth which may be applied to common situations.
2. A striking or paradoxical assertion; an obscure saying; an enigma; a parable.

   • His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

3. A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference.

   • Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by word, among all nations.

4. A drama exemplifying a proverb.

Synonyms

• (phrase expressing a basic truth): adage, apothegm, byword, maxim, paroemia, saw, saying, sententia
• See also Thesaurus:saying

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

proverb (third-person singular simple present proverbs, present participle proverbing, simple past and past participle proverbed)

1. To write or utter proverbs.
2. To name in, or as, a proverb.
   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 203–205:

     Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool / In every street, do they not say, "How well / Are come upon him his deserts?"

3. To provide with a proverb.

See also

• Category:English proverbs

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin proverbium, French proverbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro?verb/

Noun

proverb n (plural proverbe)

1. saying, proverb, maxim
2. (dated) proverb (drama exemplifying a proverb)

Declension

Synonyms

• (saying): parimie, zical?, zic?toare

English

Noun

provers

1. plural of prover