different between prunella vs prunelle

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l?

Etymology 1

From post-classical Latin prunella, from brunus + -ella, perhaps because of the plant's brown sepals.

Noun

prunella (plural prunellas)

1. (botany) A member of the genus Prunella of herbaceous plants, the allheals. [from 16th c.]

Etymology 2

From post-classical Latin prunella, alternation of brunella (“infectious epidemic”), from brunus + -ella.

Noun

prunella (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, medicine) Any of various diseases characterised by inflammation of the mouth or throat. [17th–18th c.]

Derived terms

• prunella salt

Etymology 3

Probably a variant of prunello, with reference to the colour of the fabric. Compare French prunelle.

Noun

prunella (uncountable)

1. (now rare, historical) A smooth worsted or silk fabric, generally black, formerly used for making shoes and clergymen's gowns. [from 17th c.]
   • 1899, Kate Chopin, The Awakening:

     When Edna knocked at Mademoiselle Reisz's front room door and entered, she discovered that person standing beside the window, engaged in mending or patching an old prunella gaiter.

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).