different between plum vs prunelle
plum
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: pl?m, IPA(key): /pl?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
- Homophone: plumb
Etymology 1
From Middle English plomme, ploume, from Old English pl?me, from Proto-West Germanic *pl?m?, borrowed from Latin pr?num. Doublet of prune.
Noun
plum (plural plums)
- The fruit and its tree.
- The edible, fleshy stone fruit of Prunus domestica, often of a dark red or purple colour. [from 8th c.]
- The stone-fruit tree which bears this fruit, Prunus domestica. [from 8th c.]
- The edible, fleshy stone fruit of several species resembling the plum, or the tree from which they grow. [from 16th c.]
- Prunus sect. Prunus
- Prunus cerasifera, the cherry plum or myrobalan
- Prunus salicina the Chinese plum or Japanese plum
- Prunus spinosa, the sloe
- Prunus ursina the bear's plum
- Prunus sect. Prunocerasus North American plums
- Prunus americana, the American plum
- Prunus angustifolia, the Chickasaw plum or sand plum
- Prunus hortulana, the hortulan plum
- Prunus nigra, the Canadian plum or black plum
- Prunus rivularis, the creek plum or hog plum
- Prunus subcordata, the Klamath plum or Oregon plum
- Prunus sect. Armeniaca (better known as apricots)
- Prunus mume, an Asian fruit more closely related to the apricot than the plum, usually consumed pickled, dried, or as a juice or wine; ume.
- Prunus sect. Prunus
- (now rare) A dried grape or raisin, as used in a pudding or cake. [from 17th c.]
- Extended senses.
- (now rare, archaic) One hundred thousand pounds; (generally) a fortune. [from 18th c.]
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.1:
- He […] acquired a plentiful fortune, tho', to his infinite regret, he died before it amounted to a Plum […] .
- 1751, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, I.1:
- A desirable or choice thing of its kind; a prize selection; a choice appointment, assignment etc. [from 19th c.]
- The mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay.
- A dark bluish-red color/colour, the colour of some plums. [from 19th c.]
- (slang, usually in the plural) A testicle. [from 20th c.]
- (derogatory, chiefly Britain) A fool, an idiot.
- (now rare, archaic) One hundred thousand pounds; (generally) a fortune. [from 18th c.]
Synonyms
- (tree): plum tree, plumtree
- (edible fleshy fruit of Prunus mume): ume
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Cornish: ploum
- ? Manx: plumbis
- ? Japanese: ??? (puramu)
- ? Scottish Gaelic: plumas
- ? Thai: ???? (plam)
Translations
Adjective
plum (comparative more plum, superlative most plum)
- (comparable) Of a dark bluish-red colour.
- (not comparable) Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
Translations
See also
Etymology 2
Phonetically based spelling of plumb.
Adjective
plum (comparative more plum, superlative most plum)
- Plumb
Adverb
plum (not comparable)
- Completely; utterly.
- You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.
Translations
Verb
plum (third-person singular simple present plums, present participle plumming, simple past and past participle plummed)
- (mining) To plumb.
Anagrams
- lump
Middle English
Noun
plum
- Alternative form of plomme
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sutsilvan) plùn, plùm
- (Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) plom
Etymology
From Latin plumbum (“lead”).
Noun
plum m
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) lead (metal)
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prunelle
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From French, diminutive of prune.
Noun
prunelle (plural prunelles)
- 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)
- sloe (small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn)
- sloe gin
- (anatomy) pupil; eye
- (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).
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