"prune" meaning in French

See prune in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pʁyn/ Audio: Fr-prune.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-prune.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-prune.wav [France, Lyon], LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-prune.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: prunes [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon). Etymology templates: {{dercat|fr|ine-ana}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|prune|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French prune, {{inh+|fr|fro|prune}} Inherited from Old French prune, {{inh|fr|la-vul|*prūna}} Vulgar Latin *prūna, {{inh|fr|la|prūnum}} Latin prūnum, {{der|fr|grc|προῦμνον}} Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} prune f (plural prunes)
  1. plum Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-prune-fr-noun-BGclVpUI Categories (other): French terms with collocations, Fruits Disambiguation of Fruits: 83 17
  2. (slang) ticket (traffic citation) Tags: feminine, slang
    Sense id: en-prune-fr-noun-h55Pn4qX Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pruneau, prunelle, prunier

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "expansion": "Latin prūnum",
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              9,
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        }
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        "ticket (traffic citation)"
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        "(slang) ticket (traffic citation)"
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    }
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