pruneau
French, noun/pʁy.no/
pruneau is spelled P-R-U-N-E-A-U (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pruneau is a French masculine noun meaning “prune (dried plum)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit séché issu de prune séchée, naturellement au soleil ou industriellement dans des fours”.
What does pruneau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprune (dried plum)
- 2
masculineslug (piece of metal fired from a gun)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit séché issu de prune séchée, naturellement au soleil ou industriellement dans des fours. 2. Quetsche (fruit). 3. Prune violette. 4. Couleur très sombre, presque noire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of pruneau
- pruneaux plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pruneau?
- /pʁy.no/
- \pʁy.no\
- [pʀy.no]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pruneau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pruneau in French?
pruneau appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).