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prune.

plum

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/pʁyn/

  1. plum

    feminine
    pour des prunes

  2. ticket (traffic citation)

    feminine · slang
    se prendre une prune
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon).

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