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).
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for prunelle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Etymology
From prune + -elle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁy.nɛl/
Noun
prunelle f (plural prunelles)
- sloe (small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn)
- sloe gin
- (anatomy) pupil; eye
- Synonym: (more common) pupille
- (archaic) a type of cloth
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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.