- Proverb
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Proverb
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Proverb — La musique polyphonique de Pérotin (Alleluia), une source d inspiration de Proverb Genre … Wikipédia en Français
proverb — PROVÉRB, proverbe, s.n. 1. Învăţătură morală populară născută din experienţă, exprimată printr o formulă eliptică sugestivă, de obicei metaforică, ritmică sau rimată; zicală, zicătoare, parimie. 2. (Franţuzism) Operă dramatică scurtă, al cărei… … Dicționar Român
Proverb — Prov erb, n. [OE. proverbe, F. proverbe, from L. proverbium; pro before, for + verbum a word. See {Verb}.] 1. An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
PROVERB — (Heb. מָשָׁל, mashal; pl. מְשָׁלִים, meshalim). The term proverb as a translation of the biblical Hebrew word mashal denotes certain specific literary forms, particularly of wisdom literature. Several of these forms are also referred to by the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Proverb — Prov erb, v. t. 1. To name in, or as, a proverb. [R.] [1913 Webster] Am I not sung and proverbed for a fool ? Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To provide with a proverb. [R.] [1913 Webster] I am proverbed with a grandsire phrase. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
proverb — [präv′ərb] n. [OFr proverbe < L proverbium < pro , PRO 2 + verbum, word: see VERB] 1. a short, traditional saying that expresses some obvious truth or familiar experience; adage; maxim 2. a person or thing that has become commonly… … English World dictionary
Proverb — Prov erb, v. i. To write or utter proverbs. [R.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
proverb — index maxim, phrase Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
proverb — (n.) c.1300, in boke of Prouerbyys, the Old Testament book, from O.Fr. proverbe (12c.), from L. proverbium a common saying, lit. words put forward, from pro forth (see PRO (Cf. pro )) + verbum word (see VERB (Cf. verb)). Used generally from late… … Etymology dictionary
proverb — maxim, adage, motto, *saying, saw, epigram, aphorism, apothegm … New Dictionary of Synonyms
proverb — [n] saying referring to common fact, knowledge adage, aphorism, apophthegm, axiom, byword, catch phrase, daffodil*, dictum, epigram, folk wisdom, gnome, maxim, moral, motto, platitude, precept, repartee, saw*, text, truism, witticism, word;… … New thesaurus
