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Etymology tree Anatolianbor. Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon)bor. Latin prūnum Vulgar Latin *prūmabor. Proto-West Germanic *plūmā Old English plūme Middle English plomme English plum From Middle English plomme, ploume, from Old English plūme, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, borrowed from Latin prūnum. Doublet of prune.

Phonetically based spelling of plumb.

346 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: pruna — color
• Danish: blommefarvet — color
• Dutch: donkerrood — color
• Dutch: donkerrode — color
• Finnish: luumunpunainen — color
• French: prune — color
• Ido: prunea — color
• Irish: plumchorcra — color
• Japanese: 暗紫色の (anshishoku no) — color
• Romanian: prună — color
• Swahili: zambarau — color
• Vietnamese: màu mận — color
• Finnish: huippu- — choice
• German: begehrt — choice
• Spanish: selecto — choice
• Spanish: escogido — choice
• Swahili: zambarau — choice
• Vietnamese: chọn lọc — choice
• Finnish: umpi- — completely; utterly
• Vietnamese: quá sức (tưởng tượng) — completely; utterly
• Afrikaans: pruim — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ainu: モマ (moma) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Albanian: kumbull — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Arabic: بَرْقُوق (barqūq) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Arabic: برقوق (barʔūʔ) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Arabic: برقوقة (barʔūʔa) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Arabic: بخارى (buḵāra) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Arabic: بخارة (buḵāra) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Arabic: برقوق (barqūq) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Arabic: برقوقة (barqūqa) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Arabic: خوخ (xox) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Aragonese: zirgüello — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܲܪܩܘܿܩܵܐ (bārqoqa) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Armenian: սալոր (salor) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Armenian: շլոր (šlor) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Aromanian: damaschinã — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Aromanian: dhamaskinã — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Asturian: ciruela — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Asturian: cirigüeyu — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Asturian: nisu — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Asturian: ñisu — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Azerbaijani: gavalı — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Basque: aran — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Belarusian: слі́ва (slíva) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Bhojpuri: बेर (bēr) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Bulgarian: сли́ва (slíva) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Burmese: ဇီးသီ (ji:si) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Catalan: pruna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Cherokee: ᏆᏄᎾᏍᏗᎢ (quanunasdii) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Chinese Cantonese: 李 — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Chinese Cantonese: 李子 (lei5 zi2) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Chinese Cantonese: 布冧 (bou3 lam1) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Chinese: 李仔 (zh-min-nan) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Chinese: 李 (zh-min-nan) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Chinese Mandarin: 李子 (lǐzi) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Crimean Tatar: erik — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Czech: švestka — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Czech: slíva — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Dalmatian: susana — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Danish: blomme — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Dutch: pruim — fruit of Prunus domestica
• East Frisian Low German: plûum — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Esperanto: pruno — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Estonian: ploom — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Faroese: blomma — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Finnish: luumu — fruit of Prunus domestica
• French: prune — fruit of Prunus domestica
• North Frisian: Plum — fruit of Prunus domestica
• North Frisian: plum — fruit of Prunus domestica
• North Frisian: plom — fruit of Prunus domestica
• North Frisian: plööm (Karrharde) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Saterland Frisian: Plume — fruit of Prunus domestica
• West-Frisian: prom — fruit of Prunus domestica
• West-Frisian: prûm — fruit of Prunus domestica
• West-Frisian: prome (Hindeloopen) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• West-Frisian: prum (Terschelling) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• West-Frisian: prüm (Schiermonnikoog) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Friulian: ciespe — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Friulian: emul — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Friulian: bromb — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Friulian: brugnul — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Friulian: siespe — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Galician: ameixa — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Galician: cirola — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Galician: fatón — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Galician: ambruíña — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Galician: abruño — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Galician: agruño — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Galician: cerollo — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Georgian: ქლიავი (kliavi) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• German: Pflaume — fruit of Prunus domestica
• German: Zwetschge — fruit of Prunus domestica
• German: Fluume — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Middle High German: pflūme — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Middle High German: pfrūme — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Old High German: pfrūma — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Greek: δαμάσκηνο (damáskino) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ancient Greek: προῦμνον (proûmnon) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Mbya Guarani: aguai — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Hebrew: שְׁזִיף (sh'zíf) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Hindi: आलूचा (ālūcā) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Hindi: आलूबुखारा (ālūbukhārā) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Hindi: बेर (ber) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Hungarian: szilva — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Icelandic: plóma — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ido: pruno — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ingrian: sliivi — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Interlingua: pruna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Irish: pluma — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Italian: prugna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Italian: susina — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Japanese: セイヨウスモモ (seiyōsumomo) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Japanese: プラム (puramu) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Kaitag: гъи́мгъе (ɣímɣe) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Kazakh: алхоры (alxory) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Kazakh: қараөрік (qaraörık) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Khmer: ម៉ាក់ប្រាង (makpraang) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Korean: 자두 (jadu) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Korean: 서양자두 (seoyangjadu) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Korean: 오얏 (oyat) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Central Kurdish: ھەڵووژە (hellûje) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Kyrgyz: кайналы (kaynalı) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Kyrgyz: кара өрүк (kara örük) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ladin: sunjin — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ladino: zirguela — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ladino: pruna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ladino: avramila — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ladino: almesha (Sarajevo) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ladino: almeshe (Monastir) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Lao: ຫມາກຫມັ້ນ (māk man) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Latin: prūnum — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Latvian: plūme — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Lithuanian: slyva — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Livonian: plūm — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Livonian: plūmõz — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Lombard: brugna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Lombard: brügna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Low German: Pluum — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Luxembourgish: Promm — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Luxembourgish: Praum — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Macedonian: слива (sliva) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Malagasy: pesombazaha — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Malayalam: പ്ലം (plaṁ) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Malayalam: ആലുചാ (ālucā) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Maltese: għanbaqar — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Manx: plumbis — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Māori: paramu — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Megleno-Romanian: prună — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Middle English: plomme — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Middle English: prune — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Mirandese: alméixina — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Navajo: chʼil naʼatłʼoʼiitsoh — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Norman: preune — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Norwegian Bokmål: plomme — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Norwegian Nynorsk: plomme — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Occitan: pruna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ojibwe: bagesaan — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Old English: plūme — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Papiamentu: preimu — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Persian: آلو (âlu) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Plautdietsch: Plum — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Polish: śliwka — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Portuguese: ameixa — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Portuguese: amêixoa — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Punjabi: ਆਲੂਬੁਖ਼ਾਰਾ (ālūbuxārā) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Punjabi: ਅਲੂਚਾ (alūcā) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Romanian: prună — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Romanian: perjă — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Romansh: primbla — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Romansh: prema — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Romansh: prem — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Romansh: zuesca — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Romansh: zvetga — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Romansh: paloja — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Romansh: paloga — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Romansh: prüna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Romansh: brümbla — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Russian: сли́ва (slíva) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Scots: ploom — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Scots: ploum — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Scottish Gaelic: plumas — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Serbo-Croatian: шљива — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Serbo-Croatian: šljiva — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Sicilian: prunu — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Sicilian: pruna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Slovak: slivka — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Slovene: sliva — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Slovene: češplja — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Lower Sorbian: slěwka — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Spanish: ciruela — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Spanish: pruna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Spanish: guindón — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Swahili: mzambarau — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Swedish: plommon — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Tagalog: sirwelas — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Taos: pùlulúna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Tatar: караҗимеш (qaracimeş) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Thai: พลัม (plam) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Thai: พรุน (prun) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Tibetan: ཤིང་ཏོག་པ་ལམ (shing tog pa lam) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Tigrinya: በርቁቕ (bärḳux̣) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Tigrinya: ፕሩኞ (pəruño) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Turkish: erik — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ottoman Turkish: اریك (erik) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Turkmen: erik — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Turkmen: garaly — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Udi: дампӏул (damṗul) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Ukrainian: сли́ва (slýva) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Urdu: بیر (ber) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Uzbek: olxoʻri — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Venetan: brónba — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Venetan: brógna — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Venetan: àmoło — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Venetan: amolo — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Venetan: çiéspa — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Vietnamese: mận — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Vietnamese: quả mận — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Vietnamese: trái mận — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Vilamovian: fłaojm — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Volapük: plöm — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Walloon: pronne — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Walloon: biyoke — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Welsh: eirin — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Welsh: plwmws — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Welsh: plwmwns — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Winnebago: kąąc — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Yiddish: פֿלוים (floym) — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Zhuang: makmaenj — fruit of Prunus domestica
• Afrikaans: pruim — tree
• Ainu: モマニ (momani) — tree
• Armenian: սալորենի (saloreni) — tree
• Aromanian: damaschin — tree
• Aromanian: dhamaskin — tree
• Asturian: cirolal — tree
• Asturian: ciroleru — tree
• Asturian: nisal — tree
• Basque: aranondo — tree
• Bulgarian: слива (sliva) — tree
• Catalan: pruner — tree
• Catalan: prunera — tree
• Cheyenne: ma'xemenó'e — tree
• Chinese Mandarin: 李 (lǐ) — tree
• Czech: švestka — tree
• Czech: slíva — tree
• Danish: blomme — tree
• Danish: blommetræ — tree
• Dutch: pruimenboom — tree
• Dutch: pruim — tree
• Estonian: ploomipuu — tree
• Finnish: luumupuu — tree
• French: prunier — tree
• Friulian: emolâr — tree
• Friulian: sespâr — tree
• Friulian: cespâr — tree
• Friulian: brugnulâr — tree
• Galician: ameixeira — tree
• Galician: fatoeiro — tree
• Galician: abruñeiro — tree
• Galician: gruñeiro — tree
• Galician: agruñeiro — tree
• Galician: cerolleiro — tree
• German: Pflaumenbaum — tree
• Greek: δαμασκηνιά (damaskiniá) — tree
• Ancient Greek: προύμνη (proúmnē) — tree
• Hungarian: szilvafa — tree
• Icelandic: plómutré — tree
• Ido: pruniero — tree
• Ingrian: sliivipuu — tree
• Irish: crann plumaí — tree
• Italian: prugno — tree
• Italian: susino — tree
• Japanese: セイヨウスモモ (seiyō sumomo) — tree
• Kaitag: гъи́мгъе (ɣímɣe) — tree
• Korean: 자두나무 (jadunamu) — tree
• Lao: ຫມາກພຼໍາ (māk phram) — tree
• Latin: prūnus — tree
• Latvian: plūme — tree
• Livonian: plūmpū — tree
• Livonian: plūmõpū — tree
• Luxembourgish: Prommebam — tree
• Luxembourgish: Praumebam — tree
• Macedonian: слива (sliva) — tree
• Manx: billey plumbis — tree
• Māori: paramu — tree
• Middle English: plomme — tree
• Middle English: plumtre — tree
• Norman: preunyi — tree
• Ojibwe: bagesaanaatig — tree
• Old English: plūme — tree
• Old English: plūmtrēow — tree
• Papiamentu: preimu — tree
• Polish: śliwa — tree
• Portuguese: ameixeira — tree
• Romanian: prun — tree
• Russian: сли́ва (slíva) — tree
• Sardinian: pruna — tree
• Scots: ploom — tree
• Scots: ploum — tree
• Scottish Gaelic: plumas — tree
• Serbo-Croatian: шљива — tree
• Serbo-Croatian: šljiva — tree
• Slovene: sliva — tree
• Lower Sorbian: slěwka — tree
• Spanish: ciruelo — tree
• Swahili: mzambarau — tree
• Swedish: plommonträd — tree
• Turkish: erik ağacı — tree
• Vietnamese: cây mận — tree
• Volapük: plömabim — tree
• Yiddish: פֿלוימענבוים (floymenboym) — tree
• Afrikaans: pers — colour
• Bulgarian: цвят слива (cvjat sliva) — colour
• Catalan: color pruna — colour
• Danish: blommefarve — colour
• Dutch: donkerrood — colour
• Esperanto: prunkoloro — colour
• Finnish: luumunpunainen — colour
• French: prune — colour
• Greek: δαμασκηνί (damaskiní) — colour
• Icelandic: plómublár — colour
• Ido: pruneo — colour
• Ido: prunekoloro — colour
• Irish: plumchorcra — colour
• Japanese: 暗紫色 (anshishoku) — colour
• Spanish: color ciruela — colour
• Spanish: ciruela — colour
• Swahili: zambarau — colour
• Vietnamese: màu mận — colour
• Bulgarian: but see завиден (zaviden) — desirable thing
• Danish: lækkerbisken — desirable thing
• Finnish: herkkupala — desirable thing
• French: meilleur morceau — desirable thing
• German: Leckerbissen — desirable thing
• Swahili: mzambarau — desirable thing
• Vietnamese: chọn lọc — desirable thing
• Vietnamese: món bở — desirable thing
• Spanish: pelotudo — fool, idiot
• Bulgarian: топка (topka) — slang: testicle
• Bulgarian: ташак (tašak) — slang: testicle
• Catalan: pilotes — slang: testicle
• Catalan: ous — slang: testicle
• Finnish: palli — slang: testicle
• Portuguese: bolas — slang: testicle
• Romanian: ouă — slang: testicle
• Spanish: huevos — slang: testicle
• Swahili: mzambarau — slang: testicle