English

Pronunciation
IPA|/pru:n/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-u�n|-u�n

Etymology 1
From Old French #French|prune < Latin prunum|prūnum < AGr. polytonic|��οῦνον (prounon), variant of polytonic|��οῦμνον (proumnon) "plumb".

Noun
en-noun

1. obsolete A plum.
2. The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum.

Spanish: t-|es|ciruela pasa|f
Roumanian: prun� uscat� f
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Etymology 2
From Old French proignier, earlier prooignier, ultimately from Latin pro- + rotundus �round�.

Verb
en-verb|prun|ing

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.

1. 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.

Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L3+ (AutoFormat? would have corrected level of Translations)
trans-top|trim a tree or shrub
Finnish: karsia, oksia, vesoa
Italian: t+|it|potare, t+|it|ridurre, t-|it|sfoltire
French: t-|fr|élaguer
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German: ausschneiden, schneiden
Portuguese: t-|pt|podar
Spanish: t-|es|podar
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trans-top|(figuratively) cut down or shorten
Finnish: t-|fi|karsia
Italian: t-|it|accorciare, t+|it|ridurre
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German: t-|de|beschneiden
Portuguese: t-|pt|podar
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Category:Fruits

French

Etymology
Latin pruna.

Pronunciation
IPA|/p�yn/
SAMPA|/pRyn/

Noun
fr-noun|f

1. plum

Related terms
pruneau
prunier

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