prune
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Remove ads
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Audio (General Australian): | (file) |
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.
prune (plural prunes)
|
prune (third-person singular simple present prunes, present participle pruning, simple past and past participle pruned)
From Middle English prunen, prounen, proinen, 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'.
prune (third-person singular simple present prunes, present participle pruning, simple past and past participle pruned)
|
|
Inherited from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon).
prune f (plural prunes)
prūne
Borrowed from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, from Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), προῦμνον (proûmnon). Doublet of plomme.
prune (plural prunes)
From Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum.
prune oblique singular, f (oblique plural prunes, nominative singular prune, nominative plural prunes)
prune
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.