pruna

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin prūnum, via its plural prūna. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈpɾu.nə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈpɾu.na] === Noun === pruna f (plural prunes) plum (fruit) === Further reading === “pruna”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpruː.na] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpruː.na] === Etymology 1 === Probably from Proto-Indo-European *prews- (“to freeze, burn”); compare Latin pruīna (“hoarfrost”). If so, cognate to Albanian prush (“embers”) and Sanskrit प्लोषति (ploṣati, “to scorch”). ==== Noun ==== prūna f (genitive prūnae); first declension a burning coal, live coal, glowing charcoal; embers Synonym: favilla ===== Declension ===== First-declension noun. ===== Coordinate terms ===== carbō ===== Descendants ===== ⇒ Aromanian: sprunã ⇒ Catalan: espurna ⇒ Italian: brunice === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== prūna nominative/accusative/vocative plural of prūnum ===== Descendants ===== (Note: see prūnum.) === References === “pruna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “pruna”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "pruna", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “pruna”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Middle English == === Noun === pruna alternative form of prune == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin pruna, plural of prunum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɾuna/ [ˈpɾu.na] Rhymes: -una Syllabification: pru‧na === Noun === pruna f (plural prunas) plum Synonym: ciruela === Further reading === “pruna”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025