different between french vs prunelle

English

Etymology

From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: fr?nch, IPA^(key): /f??nt??/, [f???n?t??]
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Verb

french (third-person singular simple present frenches, present participle frenching, simple past and past participle frenched)

1. (transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
2. (transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
3. (intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
4. (cooking) To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).

Synonyms

• (to kiss while inserting tongue): French kiss, French

Derived terms

• frenched

Translations

See also

• French
• julienne

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From French, diminutive of prune.

Noun

prunelle (plural prunelles)

1. a kind of small and very acid French plum, especially when stoned and dried, from Prunus spinosa (blackthorn, sloe).

French

Etymology

From prune + -elle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?y.n?l/

Noun

prunelle f (plural prunelles)

1. sloe (small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn)
2. sloe gin
3. (anatomy) pupil; eye
4. (archaic) a type of cloth

Synonyms

• (pupil): pupille (more common)

Derived terms

• tenir à quelque chose comme à la prunelle de ses yeux

Related terms

• prunellier

Further reading

• “prunelle” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).