prune

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pruːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Etymology 1

From Old French prune, from Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (prounon), variant of προῦμνον (proumnon, “plum”).

Noun

prune (plural prunes)

1. (obsolete) A plum.
2. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.
3. (slang) An old woman, especially a wrinkly one.

Synonyms

• see Wikisaurus:old woman

Derived terms

• pruney

Translations

plum — see plum

dried plum

Arabic: {{t|ar|أجاص|sc=Arab|tr=’ajāṣ) Armenian: սալորաչիր (hy) (saloračir) Bosnian: suha šljiva (bs) f., suva šljiva (bs) f. Czech: sušená švestka (cs) f. Danish: sveske (da) c. Finnish: kuivattu luumu French: pruneau (fr) m. German: Backpflaume (de) f., Trockenpflaume (de) f. Hungarian: aszalt szilva (hu) Italian: prugna secca (it) f.

Navajo: chʼil naʼatłʼoʼiitsoh Polish: suszona śliwka (pl) f. Romanian: prună uscată (ro) f. Russian: чернослив (ru) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: сува шљива (sh) f. Roman: suva šljiva (sh) f. Spanish: ciruela pasa (es) f. Swedish: katrinplommon (sv) n., sviskon (sv) n. Turkish: kuru erik (tr)

old woman

Dutch: besje (nl) n.

Etymology 2

From Old French proignier (“to trim the feathers with the beak”), earlier prooignier, ultimately from Latin pro- ("front") + rotundus (“round”) 'to round-off the front'. This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

Verb

prune (third-person singular simple present prunes, present participle pruning, simple past and past participle pruned)

1. (transitive) To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive.

   A good grape grower will prune his vines once a year.

2. (transitive, figuratively) To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material); as, to prune a budget.

   Section 3, in its early paragraphs, is a pruning and reshaping of THN 1.1.4–6.

Derived terms

• pruning
• alpha-beta pruning ^en

Translations

trim a tree or shrub

Arabic: خوخ مجفف (ar) Czech: prořezat (cs) Dutch: snoeien (nl) Finnish: karsia (fi), oksia (fi), vesoa (fi) French: élaguer (fr) German: ausschneiden (de), schneiden (de) Greek: κλαδεύω (el) (kladévo)

Italian: potare (it), ridurre (it), sfoltire (it) Latin: pampinō (la) Norwegian: beskjære (no) Portuguese: podar (pt) Russian: прореживать (ru) (proregivat) Spanish: podar (es) Swedish: ansa (sv)

(figuratively) cut down or shorten

Dutch: inkorten (nl), snoeien (nl) Finnish: karsia (fi) German: beschneiden (de)

Italian: accorciare (it), ridurre (it) Portuguese: podar (pt) Spanish: podar (es)

Anagrams

• Perun

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French

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Etymology

From Latin pruna.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pʀyn/, SAMPA: /pRyn/

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Noun

prune f. (plural prunes)

1. plum
2. (slang) ticket (“traffic citation”)

Derived terms

• pruneau
• prunier

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Latin

Noun

prūne

1. vocative singular of prūnus

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpru.ne/

Noun

prune

1. Plural form of prună.