prunelle

English

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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).

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

From prune + -elle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁy.nɛl/

Noun

prunelle f (plural prunelles)

1. sloe (small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn)
2. sloe gin
3. (anatomy) pupil; eye

   Synonym: (more common) pupille

4. (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.