prune

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.1.3 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Translations 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Related terms 3 Romanian 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /pru:n/

  Rhymes: -uːn

[edit] Etymology 1

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

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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

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• see Wikisaurus:old woman

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• pruney

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old French proignier, earlier prooignier, ultimately from Latin pro- + rotundus ‘round’.

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to 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.

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Latin pruna.

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• IPA: /pʀyn/, SAMPA: /pRyn/

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prune f. (plural prunes)

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

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• pruneau
• prunier

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Etymology

From Latin pruna

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• IPA: /'pru.ne/

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prune f. pl.

1. plums, plural from prună