What does prune in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word prune in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use prune in French.

The word prune in French means plum, clout, ticket, plum eau-de-vie, plum. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word prune

plum

nom féminin (fruit du prunier) (fruit)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La reine-claude et la mirabelle sont des variétés de prunes.
The greengage and the mirabelle are varieties of plum.

clout

nom féminin (familier (coup) (informal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mon frère s'est battu avec d'autres élèves et s'est pris une prune.
My brother had a fight with some other students and he got a clout.

ticket

nom féminin (familier (contravention)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ma sœur a encore ramassé une prune pour excès de vitesse.
My sister got yet another ticket for speeding.

plum eau-de-vie

nom féminin (eau de vie) (alcohol)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Par distillation des prunes on obtient de la prune.
Plum eau-de-vie is obtained by distilling plums.

plum

adjectif invariable (de couleur violette) (colour)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Marion avait une jolie robe prune hier.
Marion had a pretty plum-colored dress on yesterday.

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