Catalan

Noun

pruna f ‎(plural prunes)

1. plum (fruit)

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *prews- ‎(“to freeze, burn”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpruː.na/

Noun

prūna f ‎(genitive prūnae); first declension

1. A burning coal, live coal, glowing charcoal.

Inflection

First declension.

See also

• carbō

Descendants

• Aromanian: sprunã
• Catalan: espurna
• Italian: brunice

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’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “pruna”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.