plum

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• enPR: plŭm, IPA: /plʌm/, SAMPA: /plVm/

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• Rhymes: -ʌm
• Homophone: plumb

Etymology 1

From Old English plūme, from Proto-Germanic *prūmōn. Cognate with German Pflaume, Dutch pruim. Compare prune

Noun

A plum growing on a plum tree.

plum (plural plums)

1. The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour.
2. The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica.
3. A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums.

   plum colour:

   web plum colour:

4. A desirable thing.
5. A raisin, when used in a pudding or cake.
6. (pejorative) A fool, idiot
7. (slang, usually in plural) A testicle.
8. The edible, fleshy stone of Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume.
9. The tree which bears this fruit, Prunus mume. See plum blossom.

Synonyms

• (tree): plum tree
• (edible fleshy stone of Prunus mume): ume

Derived terms

Derived terms

American black plum Assyrian plum Australian plum apple-plum beach plum, beach-plum black plum of Illawarra blood plum the bloom of the plum, the blue of the plum Brazilian plum bullace plum Canada plum cherry plum chickasaw plum cocoa plum, coco plum, cocoplum damascene plum, damask plum, damson plum Darling plum date plum dried plum date-plum East Indian plum gingerbread plum golden plum gopher plum gray plum, grey plum

ground plum Guinea plum hog-plum horse-plum Indian plum Jamaica plum Japanese plum Japan plum leaf curling plum aphid marmalade plum Morocco plum mountain plum muscle plum mussel plum myrobalan plum myrobella plum Natal plum olive-plum Orleans plum partridge plum pear-plum persimmon-plum pigeon-plum plum-bird, plum bird

plum-blossom plum brandy plum-broth plum-budder, plum budder plum-cake plum-color, plum-colour plum-colored, plum-coloured plumcot plum curculio plum-damas, plumdamas, plum-damis plum-dough, plum-duff plum-fir plum-gouger, plum gouger plum-in-the-mouth plumless plummy plum peach plum-pie plum-pockets plum-porridge plum-pottage plum pox plum pudding, plum-pudding plum rains

plumrock plum sauce plum-stone plum tomato plum tree plum weevil plum wine pluot Port Arthur plum Queensland plum sapodilla plum Satsuma plum sebesten plum slugplum Spanish plum sugar plum, sugar-plum, sugarplum tamarind plum Tasmanian plum urucuri plum Victoria plum wheat-plum wild plum yellowgage plum yellow plum, yellow Spanish plum

Translations

the fruit

Afrikaans: pruim Ainu: モマ (moma) Arabic: خوخ (ar) (xawx) m., برقوق (ar) (barqūq) m. Armenian: սալոր (hy) (salor), (dialectal) շլոր (hy) (šłor) Basque: aran Belarusian: сліва (be) (slíva) f. Bulgarian: слива (bg) (slíva) f. Catalan: pruna f. Cherokee: ᏆᏄᎾᏍᏗ (chr) (quanunasdi) Chinese: Mandarin: 李子 (cmn) (lǐzi) Min Nan: 李仔 (lí-á) Czech: švestka (cs) f., slíva (cs) f. Danish: blomme (da) Dutch: pruim (nl) Esperanto: pruno (eo) Estonian: ploom (et) Finnish: luumu (fi) French: prune (fr) f. Georgian: ქლიავი (ka) (k'liavi) German: Pflaume (de) f., Zwetschge (de) f. Greek: δαμάσκηνο (el) (damáskino) n. Ancient Greek: προῦμνον n. Hebrew: שזיף (he) (shazif) m. Hindi: आलूचा (hi) (ālūcā), आलूबुखारा (hi) (ālūbukhārā), बेर (hi) (ber) Hungarian: szilva (hu) Icelandic: plóma (is) f. Ido: plumo (io), plumiero (io) Irish: pluma (ga) m. Italian: prugna (it) f., susina (it) f. Japanese: セイヨウスモモ (ja) (seiyōsumomo), プラム (ja) (puramu) Khmer: ម៉ាក់ប្រាង (km) (makpraang) Korean: 자두 (ko) (jadu), 서양자두 (ko) (seoyangjadu) Lao: ໝາກໝັ້ນ (lo) Latin: prūnum (la) n. Latvian: plūme (lv) f.

Lithuanian: slyva (lt) Luxembourgish: , Promm (lb) f., Praum (lb) f. Macedonian: слива (mk) (slíva) f. Manx: plumbis (gv) m. Middle High German: pflūme, pfrūme Navajo: chʼil naʼatłʼoʼiitsoh Old English: plūme (ang) f. Old High German: pfrūma Papiamentu: preimu Persian: آلو (fa) (âlu), گوجه (fa) (goje) Polish: śliwka (pl) f. Portuguese: ameixa (pt) f. Romanian: prună (ro) f. Romansch: primbla (rm) f., prema (rm) f., prem (rm) m., zuesca (rm) f., zvetga (rm) f., paloja (rm) f., paloga (rm) f., prüna (rm) f., brümbla (rm) f. Russian: слива (ru) (slíva) f. Scots: ploom, ploum Scottish Gaelic: plumas (gd) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: шљива (sh) f. Roman: šljiva (sh) f. Slovak: slivka (sk) f. Slovene: sliva (sl) f., češplja (sl) f. Spanish: ciruela (es) f. Swahili: mzambarau (sw) Swedish: plommon (sv) n. Taos: pùlulúna Thai: พลัม (th) (plam), พรุน (th) (prun) Turkish: erik (tr) Ukrainian: слива (uk) (slýva) f. Urdu: بیر (ur) (ber) Vietnamese: mận (vi), quả mận (vi), trái mận (vi) Volapük: plöm (vo) West Frisian: prom (fy) Yiddish: פֿלוים (yi) (floym) f.

the tree

Afrikaans: pruim Ainu: モマニ (momani) Armenian: սալորենի (hy) (saloreni) Basque: aranondo (eu) Bosnian: šljiva (bs) f. Catalan: pruner m. Cheyenne: ma'xemenó'e Croatian: šljiva (hr) f. Czech: švestka (cs) f., slíva (cs) f. Danish: blomme (da), blommetræ (da) Dutch: pruimenboom m. Estonian: ploomipuu (et) Finnish: luumupuu (fi) French: prunier (fr) m. German: Pflaumenbaum (de) m., Zwetschgenbaum (de) m. Greek: δαμασκηνιά (el) f. (damaskiniá) Hungarian: szilvafa (hu) Icelandic: plómutré (is) f. Irish: crann plumaí m. Italian: prugno (it) m., susino (it) m. Japanese: セイヨウスモモ (seiyō sumomo) Korean: 자두나무 (ko) (jadunamu)

Latin: prūnus (la) f. Latvian: plūme f. Luxembourgish: Prommebam (lb) m., Praumebam (lb) m. Macedonian: слива (mk) (slíva) f. Manx: billey plumbis (gv) m. Old English: plūme (ang) f. Papiamentu: preimu Polish: śliwa (pl) f. Portuguese: ameixeira (pt) f. Romanian: prun (ro) m. Russian: слива (ru) (slíva) f. Scots: ploom, ploum Scottish Gaelic: plumas (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: шљива f. Roman: šljiva f. Slovene: sliva (sl) f. Spanish: ciruelo (es) m. Swahili: mzambarau (sw) Swedish: plommonträd (sv) n. Vietnamese: cây mận Volapük: plömabim (vo)

the colour

Afrikaans: pers Danish: blomme (da)farve Dutch: donkerrood (nl) n. Greek: δαμασκηνί (el) n. (damaskiní) Icelandic: plómublár (is) f.

Irish: plumachorcra Japanese: 暗紫色 (あんししょく, anshishoku) Swahili: zambarau (sw) Vietnamese: màu mận

a desirable thing

Danish: lækkerbisken (da) c. French: meilleur morceau m. German: Leckerbissen (de) m.

Swahili: mzambarau (sw) Vietnamese: (noun +) chọn lọc, món bở

raisin — see raisin

(slang) testicle

Catalan: pilotes, ous

Swahili: mzambarau (sw)

edible, fleshy stone of Prunus mume

Swahili: mzambarau (sw)

Vietnamese: (trái) mơ

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Bulgarian: слива (sliva) f. (2) Old English: plūme f. Galician: ameixeira f. (1), ameixa f. (2) Latin: prunum n.

Lithuanian: slyva f. (1, 2), slyvinis m. (3) Norwegian: plomme Sanskrit: कर्कन्धुः (karkandhuḥ) Thai: ลูกพุทราฝรั่ง (luukphutrafrang) Volapük: plöm Welsh: eirinen f. Zulu: iplamu, ithungulu

Adjective

plum (comparative more plum, superlative most plum)

1. (comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
2. (not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.

   She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.

Translations

colour

Danish: blommefarvet (da) Dutch: donkerrood, donkerrode Finnish: luumunpunainen Irish: plumachorcra

Japanese: 暗紫色の (あんししょくの, anshishoku no) Romanian: prună (ro) f. Swahili: zambarau (sw) Vietnamese: màu mận

choice

Spanish: selecto (es), escogido (es) Swahili: zambarau (sw)

Vietnamese: chọn lọc (vi)

See also

briolette damson greengage mirabelle

myrobalan prune sapote slivovitz

sloe umeboshi umesu Appendix:Colors

Etymology 2

Phonetically based spelling of plumb

Adjective

plum (comparative more plum, superlative most plum)

1. Plumb

Adverb

plum (not comparable)

1. Completely; utterly.

   You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.

Translations

completely; utterly

Vietnamese: quá sức (tưởng tượng)

Verb

plum (third-person singular simple present plums, present participle plumming, simple past and past participle plummed)

1. (mining) To plumb.

Anagrams

• lump

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan) plùn, plùm
• (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) plom

Etymology

From Latin plumbum (“lead”).

Noun

plum m.

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lead (metal)