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{{also|prod.|Prod|Prod.|prod-}}
==English==
{{wikipedia}}

===Etymology 1===
Alteration of earlier {{m|en|brod}} (perhaps through influence of {{m|en|poke}}; compare {{m|en|prog}}), from {{inh|en|enm|brodden|t=to goad, incite, urge; to sprout}}, from {{m|enm|brod|t=goad, nail; shoot, sprout}}, from {{der|en|non|broddr|t=shaft, spike, thorn}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*bruzdaz}}. Cognate with {{cog|is|broddur}}, {{cog|da|brod}}. {{doublet|en|brad}}.<ref>{{R:Etymonline|prod}}</ref> Or, from or influenced by {{sound-symbolic|en|title=sound symbolism}}.<ref>{{R:OED}}</ref>

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|en|/pɹɒd/|a=UK}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prod.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{IPA|en|/pɹɑd/|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒd|s=1}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[poke]], to [[push]], to [[touch]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|informal}} To [[encourage]], to [[prompt]].
#* {{quote-journal
|1=en
|date=2012-01
|author=Michael Riordan
|title=Tackling Infinity
|volume=100
|issue=1
|page=86
|magazine=w:American Scientist
|url=http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/tackling-infinity
|passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to '''prod''' their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
|accessdate=12 May 2013
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130430074403/http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/tackling-infinity
|archivedate=30 April 2013
}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[prick]] with a [[goad]].

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|to poke}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|бодвам}}, {{t+|bg|муша}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|刺|tr=cì}}, {{t+|cmn|戳|tr=chuō}}, {{t+|cmn|捅|tr=tǒng}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|duwen}}, {{t+|nl|porren}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|palpi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|pousser}}, {{t+|fr|tâter}}
* German: {{t+|de|stoßen}}, {{t+|de|anstupsen}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|σκουντώ|sc=Grek}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|σκουντάω}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|pungolare}}, {{t+|it|spronare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|突く|tr=つく, tsuku|sc=Jpan}}, {{t|ja|突き刺す|tr=つきさす, tsukisasu|sc=Jpan}}
* Latin: {{t|la|pungo}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|stikke}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|دورتمك|tr=dürtmek}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|cutucar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|ты́кать}}, {{t+|ru|коло́ть}}, {{t+|ru|толка́ть}} {{qualifier|push}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|stob}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|hincar}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sticka}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|штрикати}}, {{t|uk|колоти}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to encourage}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|подтиквам}}, {{t+|bg|подстрекавам}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|促使|tr=cùshǐ}}, {{t+|cmn|激勵|tr=jīlì}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|aanmoedigen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|encourager}}
* German: {{t+|de|anspornen}}, {{t+|de|ermutigen}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|incoraggiare}}, {{t+|it|stimolare}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|aguilhoar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|побужда́ть}}, {{t+|ru|подгоня́ть}}, {{t+|ru|подстрека́ть}} {{qualifier|esp. to evil or wickedness}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aguijar}}, {{t+|es|aguizgar}}, {{t+|es|aguzar}}, {{t+|es|puyar}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|wārw-}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|підштовхувати}}, {{t|uk|підганяти}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|to prick with a goad}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|мушкам}}
* German: {{t+|de|anstacheln}}, {{t+|de|antreiben}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|دورتمك|tr=dürtmek}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aguijar}}, {{t+|es|aguijonear}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|штрикати}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A device (now often [[electrical]]) used to [[goad]] [[livestock]] into moving.
# A [[prick]] or [[stab]] with such a pointed instrument.
# A [[poke]].
#: {{ux|en|"It's your turn," she reminded me, giving me a '''prod''' on the shoulder.}}
# A light kind of [[crossbow]]; a [[prodd]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1983|title=Popular Mechanics|passage=The 125-pound '''prod''' (bow) drives bolt at 250 feet per second.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|en|cattle prod|on the prod|stock prod}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|device used to goad livestock into moving}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|остен|m}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|piiska}}; {{t|fi|sähköpiiska}} {{qualifier|electric}}
* German: {{t|de|Stachelstock|m}}, {{t|de|Treibestock|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|picca|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|اوكندره|tr=üğendire, üvendire}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|aguijada|f}}, {{t+|es|picana|f}}, {{t+|es|garrocha|f}}
* Swedish: {{t|sv|elfösare|c}} {{qualifier|electric}}, {{t|sv|fösare|c}} {{qualifier|as suffix: -fösare, prefixed with determiner; of vb. [[fösa]], "to drive"}}
{{trans-bottom}}

=====Further reading=====
* {{pedia|Cattle_prod|Cattle prod}}

====References====
<references/>

===Etymology 2===
Shortened from {{m|en|production}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|programming|slang|uncountable}} {{short for|en|production||the live environment}}
#: {{ux|en|We've hit ten million users in '''prod''' today.}}
# {{lb|en|demoscene|slang|countable}} A [[production]]; a created work.
#: {{ux|en|Check our BBS for the latest '''prods'''.}}

===Etymology 3===

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|Ireland|UK|slang|sometimes|derogatory}} {{alt case|en|Prod}}.

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dopr|dorp|drop}}

==Franco-Provençal==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|frp|LL.|prōde}}.

===Adverb===
{{frp-adv}} {{tlb|frp|orbl}}

# [[quite]]
#: {{ant|frp|pou}}

===Determiner===
{{frp-det}} {{tlb|frp|orbl}}

# [[a lot]]
#: {{ant|frp|pou}}

===References===
* {{R:frp:DFP|assez}}
* {{R:frp:LTA|21777}}

==Old French==

===Noun===
{{fro-noun|m|-|proz}}

# {{lb|fro|early Old French}} {{alt form|fro|pro}}

==Slovene==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|sl|sla-pro|*prǭdъ}}.

===Noun===
{{sl-noun|prọ̑d|m-in}}

# [[pebble]]s (small stones rounded by the action of water)

===Further reading===
* {{R:sl:Fran}}

{{c|sl|Rocks}}

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