prunus
See also: Prunus
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prūnus. See prune.
Noun
prunus (uncountable)
- (ceramics) A type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
- 2009, January 23, “Eve M. Kahn”, in Conversation-Piece Buys, Maybe. Intriguing Histories, Definitely.:
- […] a caption by two 1740s Meissen plates ($27,500 for the pair) notes that they belonged to Saxon royals and have a pattern often mislabeled as a crouching lion but “in reality a tiger prowling amongst prunus.”
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Anagrams
- nupurs, run ups, run-ups, runs up, runups, upruns
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek προύνη (proúnē), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpruː.nus/, [ˈpruː.nʊs]
Noun
prūnus f (genitive prūnī); second declension
- A plum tree.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | prūnus | prūnī |
| Genitive | prūnī | prūnōrum |
| Dative | prūnō | prūnīs |
| Accusative | prūnum | prūnōs |
| Ablative | prūnō | prūnīs |
| Vocative | prūne | prūnī |
Derived terms
- prūnniceus
- prūnum
Descendants
- Aromanian: prun
- Galician: abruño
- Italian: pruno, prugno
- Portuguese: abrunho, brunho
- Romanian: prun
- Spanish: abruno, pruno
- Translingual: Prunus
References
- prunus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- prunus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- prunus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette