prao
French, noun/pʁa.o/
prao is spelled P-R-A-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written French, the 231,570th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prao is a French masculine noun meaning “proa” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chez les Malais, navire, bâtiment de commerce, de guerre ou de pêche”.
What does prao mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineproa
Cinquante milles peuvent être facilement franchis, soit par des praos malais, soit par de grandes pirogues polynésiennes. (Verne, Île mystérieuse, 1874)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chez les Malais, navire, bâtiment de commerce, de guerre ou de pêche. 2. Voilier multicoque particulier, dérivé des pirogues à balancier des îles de la Polynésie.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prao
- praos plural
- proa alternative
- pro
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prao?
- /pʁa.o/
- \pʁa.o\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prao
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prao in French?
prao appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).