Usage Note
Prouvé is the past participle of prouver used as an adjective, meaning established by evidence. Un fait prouvé is a proven fact. The feminine form is prouvée. In legal and scientific writing it is preferred over démontré when empirical proof is stressed.
Examples
"C'est un fait scientifiquement prouvé."
Natural Translation
It is a scientifically proven fact.

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