prune

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹuːn/
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• Canada, General-American: /pɹun/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /pɹʉːn/
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• /pɹɪu̯n/ Wales, Ottawa Valley
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From Middle English prune, from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), variant of προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor. Doublet of plum.

From Middle English prunen, prounen, proinen, from Old French proignier (“to trim the feathers with the beak”), earlier prooignier. Likely influenced by Middle French rogner, Old French rooignier (“cut, trim”) (from Latin rotundo?), and possibly by Old French provainier (“provine”) (Latin propaginem? whence French provigner). The relation to the noun is thus unclear.

149 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَجَاص (ʔajāṣ) — dried plum
• Arabic: عَوِينَة (ʕawīna) — dried plum
• Arabic: عَوِينَة مُجَفَّفَة — dried plum
• Arabic: خَوْخ مُجَفَّف (ḵawḵ mujaffaf) — dried plum
• Armenian: սալորաչիր (saloračʻir) — dried plum
• Bulgarian: сушена слива (sušena sliva) — dried plum
• Catalan: pruna seca — dried plum
• Chinese Mandarin: 李子乾 /李子干 (lǐzigān) — dried plum
• Chinese Mandarin: 西梅乾 /西梅干 (xīméigān) — dried plum
• Chinese Mandarin: 乾梅子 /干梅子 (gānméizi) — dried plum
• Chinese Mandarin: 梅乾 /梅干 (mēigān) — dried plum
• Czech: sušená švestka — dried plum
• Danish: sveske — dried plum
• Dutch: gedroogde pruim — dried plum
• Esperanto: sekigita pruno — dried plum
• Finnish: kuivattu luumu — dried plum
• French: pruneau — dried plum
• Galician: ameixa secada — dried plum
• German: Backpflaume — dried plum
• German: Trockenpflaume — dried plum
• German: Dörrpflaume — dried plum
• Greek: αποξηραμένο δαμάσκηνο (apoxiraméno damáskino) — dried plum
• Hungarian: aszalt szilva — dried plum
• Icelandic: sveskja — dried plum
• Irish: prúna — dried plum
• Italian: prugna secca — dried plum
• Japanese: プルーン (purūn) — dried plum
• Japanese: 西洋李 (seiyō sumomo) — dried plum
• Korean: 말린 자두 (mallin jadu) — dried plum
• Macedonian: сува слива (suva sliva) — dried plum
• Māori: paramu menge — dried plum
• Māori: purunu — dried plum
• Middle English: prune — dried plum
• Navajo: chʼil naʼatłʼoʼiitsoh — dried plum
• Norwegian Bokmål: sviske — dried plum
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sviske — dried plum
• Polish: suszona śliwka — dried plum
• Portuguese: ameixa seca — dried plum
• Romanian: prună uscată — dried plum
• Russian: черносли́в (černoslív) — dried plum
• Scottish Gaelic: prùn — dried plum
• Scottish Gaelic: searg — dried plum
• Serbo-Croatian: сува шљива — dried plum
• Serbo-Croatian: suva šljiva — dried plum
• Slovak: sušená slivka — dried plum
• Slovene: suha sliva — dried plum
• Spanish: ciruela pasa — dried plum
• Spanish: pruna seca — dried plum
• Spanish: guindón — dried plum
• Swedish: katrinplommon — dried plum
• Swedish: sviskon — dried plum
• Turkish: kuru erik — dried plum
• Ukrainian: чорно́слив (čornóslyv) — dried plum
• Vietnamese: nho khô — dried plum
• Walloon: caetche — dried plum
• Walloon: pronne — dried plum
• Walloon: purnea — dried plum
• Yup'ik: isuumaq — dried plum
• Dutch: besje — old woman
• Portuguese: maracujá de gaveta — old woman
• Turkish: muşmula — old woman
• Turkish: muşmula suratlı — old woman
• Walloon: caetche — old woman
• Arabic: شَذَبَ (šaḏaba) — trim a tree or shrub
• Arabic: قَضَبَ (qaḍaba) — trim a tree or shrub
• Arabic: قَلَمَ (qalama) — trim a tree or shrub
• Arabic: هَذَّبَ (haḏḏaba) — trim a tree or shrub
• Arabic: نَقَحَ (naqaḥa) — trim a tree or shrub
• Assamese: ডল (dol) — trim a tree or shrub
• Azerbaijani: qırpmaq — trim a tree or shrub
• Basque: adaburutu — trim a tree or shrub
• Bulgarian: кастря (kastrja) — trim a tree or shrub
• Bulgarian: подрязвам (podrjazvam) — trim a tree or shrub
• Catalan: podar — trim a tree or shrub
• Catalan: esporgar — trim a tree or shrub
• Czech: prořezat — trim a tree or shrub
• Czech: prostříhat — trim a tree or shrub
• Dalmatian: potuor — trim a tree or shrub
• Danish: beskære — trim a tree or shrub
• Dutch: snoeien — trim a tree or shrub
• Finnish: karsia — trim a tree or shrub
• Finnish: oksia — trim a tree or shrub
• Finnish: vesoa — trim a tree or shrub
• French: élaguer — trim a tree or shrub
• French: émonder — trim a tree or shrub
• French: tailler — trim a tree or shrub
• Friulian: cerpî — trim a tree or shrub
• Galician: podar — trim a tree or shrub
• Galician: espolar — trim a tree or shrub
• Galician: cepar — trim a tree or shrub
• Gallo: émonder — trim a tree or shrub
• German: zurecht-, zurück-) — trim a tree or shrub
• German: be-, zurück-) — trim a tree or shrub
• Greek: κλαδεύω (kladévo) — trim a tree or shrub
• Hebrew: זָמַר (zamár) — trim a tree or shrub
• Icelandic: snyrta — trim a tree or shrub
• Irish: meang — trim a tree or shrub
• Irish: sciot — trim a tree or shrub
• Italian: potare — trim a tree or shrub
• Italian: ridurre — trim a tree or shrub
• Italian: sfoltire — trim a tree or shrub
• Latin: pampinō — trim a tree or shrub
• Māori: kaikauau — trim a tree or shrub
• Māori: kaikawau — trim a tree or shrub
• Norman: êmonder — trim a tree or shrub
• Norwegian: kviste — trim a tree or shrub
• Norwegian Bokmål: beskjære — trim a tree or shrub
• Occitan: podar — trim a tree or shrub
• Persian: هرس کردن (haras kardan) — trim a tree or shrub
• Persian: خشاوه کردن (xašâve kardan) — trim a tree or shrub
• Portuguese: podar — trim a tree or shrub
• Quechua: ch'aphranay — trim a tree or shrub
• Romanian: curăță — trim a tree or shrub
• Romanian: emonda — trim a tree or shrub
• Romansh: tagliar giu — trim a tree or shrub
• Romansh: tschancunar — trim a tree or shrub
• Russian: прореживать (proreživatʹ) — trim a tree or shrub
• Sardinian: pudai — trim a tree or shrub
• Sardinian: pudare — trim a tree or shrub
• Sardinian: putare — trim a tree or shrub
• Scottish Gaelic: bàrr — trim a tree or shrub
• Scottish Gaelic: beàrr — trim a tree or shrub
• Scottish Gaelic: sgud — trim a tree or shrub
• Scottish Gaelic: sgath — trim a tree or shrub
• Scottish Gaelic: meidh — trim a tree or shrub
• Scottish Gaelic: teasg — trim a tree or shrub
• Spanish: podar — trim a tree or shrub
• Swahili: pogoa — trim a tree or shrub
• Swedish: ansa — trim a tree or shrub
• Swedish: beskära — trim a tree or shrub
• Swedish: tukta — trim a tree or shrub
• Swedish: trimma — trim a tree or shrub
• Turkish: budamak — trim a tree or shrub
• Ottoman Turkish: بودامق (budamak) — trim a tree or shrub
• Welsh: tocio — trim a tree or shrub
• Bulgarian: съкращавам (sǎkraštavam) — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Dutch: inkorten — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Dutch: snoeien — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Finnish: karsia — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• German: kürzen — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Hebrew: קִנֵּב (qinnév) — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Ido: rekortar — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Italian: accorciare — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Italian: ridurre — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Macedonian: ка́стри (kástri) — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Norwegian Bokmål: beskjære — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Portuguese: podar — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Spanish: podar — (figuratively) cut down or shorten
• Swedish: skära ner — (figuratively) cut down or shorten