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Added 9 October 2026

prune

/pɹuːn/ noun

In Latin: pampinō Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about prune at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Dried plum.

verb

Cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of.
dress the plants in the garden
Weed out unwanted or unnecessary things.
We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet

Origin

From Middle English prune, from Old French prune, from Vulgar Latin *prūna, feminine singular formed from the neutral plural of Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦνον (proûnon), variant of προῦμνον (proûmnon, “plum”), a loanword from a language of Asia Minor. Doublet of plum.

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