pruim
See also: pruïm
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prœi̯m/
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch prume, from Old Dutch *prūma. A variant of *plūma, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, from Latin prūnum, from Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prœy̯m/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: pruim
- Rhymes: -œy̯m
Noun
pruim f or m (plural pruimen, diminutive pruimpje n)
- A plum tree, one of certain trees of the genus Prunus, especially Prunus domestica.
- Synonym: pruimenboom
- A plum (fruit from a plum tree).
- Hieronymus van Alphen, "De pruimeboom".
- Jantje zag eens pruimen hangen, / o! als eieren zo groot. / 't Scheen, dat Jantje wou gaan plukken, / schoon zijn vader 't hem verbood.
- Little Jan once saw plums (or vulvas; see below) hanging / oh! so big as eggs. / it seemed that little Jan was going to pluck them / though his father forbade him that.
- John O'Mill (Johan van der Meulen), "Pruimejantje".
- Jantje zag eens pruimen hangen / Oh, als eieren zo groot; / De tuinman zag zijn bolle wangen / Sloeg de vuile gapper dood.
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- Hieronymus van Alphen, "De pruimeboom".
- A quid (piece of chewing tobacco).
- (somewhat vulgar) vulva
Derived terms
- pruimelaar
- pruimen
- pruimenboom
- pruimentaart
- zuurpruim
- zwamppruim
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