prora

Meaning

bow, bows, prow (of a ship)

Concepts

prow

bow

🙇

nose

👃

fore

bows

stem

Synonyms

prua

Translations

proue

proa

🙇

boeg

🙇

proa

proa

🙇

Bug

🙇

avant

étrave

Bugüberhang

πλώρη

πρώρα

prora

rostrum

voorsteven

πλώρα

Hyphenated as

prò‧ra

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈprɔ.ra/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin prōra, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prōîra), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to go forth, to cross”). Doublet of proda and prua.