damson

English

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin (prunum (“plum”)) damascenum (“of Damascus”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdæmzən/

Noun

damson (plural damsons)

1. A deciduous tree, Prunus insititia, native to Eurasia and related to the plum.
2. The edible fruit of this tree.

Translations

tree

• Bulgarian: слива (bg) (sliva) f
• French: prunier de Damas (fr)

• German: Zwetschgenbaum (de) m

fruit

• Bulgarian: (синя) слива (bg) ((sinja) sliva) f
• Burmese: မက်မန်းသီး (my) (metman:thi:)
• French: prune de Damas (fr), damas (fr)
• German: Zwetschge (de) f
• Jèrriais: preune dé Damas f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sviske (no) m and f

  Nynorsk: sviske (nn) f

• Persian: اجاس (fa) (ejâs)
• Urdu: اجاس (ur) (ijās)

Adjective

damson (comparative more damson, superlative most damson)

1. The color of the fruit of this tree, a very deep purple.

   damson colour:

See also

• Damson on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• monads, nomads