plum
Part of speech: noun
adj
adv
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
mining
Etymology: Etymology tree
Anatolianbor.
Ancient Greek προῦμνον (proûmnon)bor.
Latin prūnum
Vulgar Latin *prūmabor.
Proto-West Germanic *plūmā
Old English plūme
Middle English plomme
English plum
From Middle English plomme, ploume, from Old English plūme, from Proto-West Germanic *plūmā, borrowed from Latin prūnum. Doublet of prune.
Inflected forms:
form: plums
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: plumb
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: more plum
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most plum
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: plumb
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: plumb
pos: adv
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: plums
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: plumming
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: plummed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: plummed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: plumb
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
gloss: The fruit and its tree.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: “Bright boy! here’s a plum for you,” and Polly threw a plump raisin into his mouth.
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, eating a Christmas pie; he put in his thumb, and he took out a plum, and said, “What a good boy am I!”
gloss: Extended senses.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
examples: He […] acquired a plentiful fortune, tho', to his infinite regret, he died before it amounted to a Plum […].
gloss: Extended senses.
pos: noun
examples: The mayor rewarded his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for handsome pay.
Such chances as this do not fall to a man's lot twice; but Edmond Werdet relates a story very similar indeed, and where also the "plums" fell into the lap of a London dealer.
As to Rev. Jerry [Falwell], he, of course, is "not anti-homosexual" but "anti-homosexuality." I guess that's his same bit of down home sophistry that explains that God listens to the prayers of Jews, if they are consciously praying to a Christian God, one of the Rev.'s latest dialectic plums.
gloss: Extended senses.
pos: noun
gloss: Extended senses.
pos: noun
tags: plural-normally
slang
vulgar
gloss: Extended senses.
pos: noun
tags: UK
derogatory
gloss: Of a dark bluish-red colour.
pos: adj
tags: comparable
gloss: Choice; especially lavish or preferred.
pos: adj
tags: not-comparable
examples: She landed a plum position as an executive for the firm.
It is obviously a "plum" job, one distinction being that its motormen are granted an allowance of about 6s. [six shillings] towards the cost of Wagons-Lits food in the crew quarters of the train, [...]. Additionally, by the way, each man is allowed a quarter of a bottle of wine "on the house" per trip!
gloss: Completely; utterly.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: You're going to think I'm plum crazy for this, but I want to adopt all seven kittens.
gloss: To plumb.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Synonyms: plum tree
plumtree
Related words: briolette
damson
greengage
mirabelle
myrobalan
prune
sapote
slivovitz
sloe
umeboshi
umeshu
Derived words: Allegheny plum
American black plum
American plum
American wild plum
apple-plum
aprium
Assyrian plum
August plum
Australian plum
bag plum
batoko plum
beach plum
beach-plum
bigtree plum
black plum
black plum of Illawarra
bladder plum
blood plum
Brazilian plum
Brazil plum
bullace plum
Burdekin plum
California plum
Canada plum
Canadian plum
carissa plum
Casselman plum
cassowary plum Cerbera floribunda
Cherokee plum
cherry plum
Chickasaw plum
Chinese plum
cocoa plum
coco plum
cocoplum
common plum
Czar plum
damascene plum
damask plum
damson plum
Darling plum
date plum
Davidson plum
Davidson's plum
doveplum
dried plum
East Indian plum
European plum
false plum anemone
finger plum
flatwoods plum
Florida sand plum
fox plum
gingerbread plum
golden plum
gopher plum
governor's plum
governor plum
gray plum
grey plum
greengage plum
green plum
ground plum
Guinea plum
hog plum
hogplum
hog-plum
horse plum
Illawarra plum
Illawarra plum pine
inch plum
Indian coffee plum
Indian plum
jacket plum
Jamaica bullace plum
Jamaica plum
Japanese plum
Japan plum
Java plum
June plum
Kakadu plum
large yellow sweet plum
leaf-curling plum aphid
like a ripe plum
Madagascar plum
maiden plum
marmalade plum
mealy plum aphid
Mexican plum
mirabelle plum
mobola plum
mock plum
Modoc plum
Morocco plum
mountain plum
moxie plum
muscle plum
musk plum
mussel plum
myrobalan plum
myrobella plum
Natal plum
native plum
nectaplum
Oklahoma plum
olive plum
Oregon plum
Orleans plum
Pacific plum
partridge plum
pear plum
persimmon-plum
pigeon plum
pigeonplum
plucot
plum aralia
plumarita
plum bird
plum bladder
plum blossom
plum-blossom
plum blotch
Plum Book
plum brandy
plum broth
plum-broth
plum budder
plum cake
plumcake
plum cash
plum-color
plum-colored
plum-colored starling
plum-colour
plum-coloured
plumcot
plum curculio
plum-damas
plumdamas
plum-damis
plum dough
plum-duff
plum fir
plum-fruited yew
plum fruit moth
plum gouger
plum grape
plum-headed finch
plum-headed parakeet
plum in one's mouth
Plum Island
plum juniper
plum leafhopper
plumless
plumlike
plummy
plum peach
plum pie
plum pine
plum pocket
plum-porridge
plum pottage
plum pox
plum pox virus
plum pudding dog
plum pudding model
plum pudding
plum-pudding
plum rain
plum rains
plumrita
plumrock
plum sauce
plum scab
plum stone
plum thrips
plum-throated cotinga
plumtini
plum tom
plum tomato
plum tree
plum weevil
plum wine
plum yew
plum-yew
pluot
pocket plum
Port Arthur plum
prairie plum
prune plum
purple-leaved plum
Queen Garnet plum
Queensland plum
red plum
rough-skin plum
Russian plum
saffron plum
salty plum
sandhill plum
sand plum
sapodilla plum
Satsuma plum
seaside plum
sebesten plum
seeded plum
shake the plum tree
shore plum
Sierra plum
sloe plum
sour plum
Spanish plum
star plum
sugar plum
sugar-plum
sugarplum
sweet plum
tamarind plum
Tasmanian plum
thorn plum
tulip plum
Victoria plum
Watson's plum
western plum
wheat-plum
wild-goose plum
wild plum
winter plum
yellow gage plum
yellow plum
yellow Spanish plum
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: pruim
lang: Ainu
word: モマ
roman: moma
lang: Albanian
word: kumbull
lang: Arabic
word: بَرْقُوق
roman: barqūq
lang: Arabic
word: برقوق
roman: barʔūʔ
lang: Arabic
word: برقوقة
roman: barʔūʔa
lang: Arabic
word: بخارى
roman: buḵāra
lang: Arabic
word: بخارة
roman: buḵāra
lang: Arabic
word: برقوق
roman: barqūq
lang: Arabic
word: برقوقة
roman: barqūqa
lang: Arabic
word: خوخ
roman: xox
lang: Aragonese
word: zirgüello
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܒܲܪܩܘܿܩܵܐ
roman: bārqoqa
lang: Armenian
word: սալոր
roman: salor
lang: Armenian
word: շլոր
roman: šlor
lang: Aromanian
word: damaschinã
lang: Aromanian
word: dhamaskinã
lang: Asturian
word: ciruela
lang: Asturian
word: cirigüeyu
lang: Asturian
word: nisu
lang: Asturian
word: ñisu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: gavalı
lang: Basque
word: aran
lang: Belarusian
word: слі́ва
roman: slíva
lang: Bhojpuri
word: बेर
roman: bēr
lang: Bulgarian
word: сли́ва
roman: slíva
lang: Burmese
word: ဇီးသီ
roman: ji:si
lang: Catalan
word: pruna
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏆᏄᎾᏍᏗᎢ
roman: quanunasdii
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 李
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 李子
roman: lei⁵ zi²
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 布冧
roman: bou³ lam¹
lang: Chinese
word: 李仔
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 李
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 李子
roman: lǐzi
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: erik
lang: Czech
word: švestka
lang: Czech
word: slíva
lang: Dalmatian
word: susana
lang: Danish
word: blomme
lang: Dutch
word: pruim
lang: East Frisian Low German
word: plûum
lang: Esperanto
word: pruno
lang: Estonian
word: ploom
lang: Faroese
word: blomma
lang: Finnish
word: luumu
lang: French
word: prune
lang: North Frisian
word: Plum
lang: North Frisian
word: plum
lang: North Frisian
word: plom
lang: North Frisian
word: plööm (Karrharde)
lang: Saterland Frisian
word: Plume
lang: West-Frisian
word: prom
lang: West-Frisian
word: prûm
lang: West-Frisian
word: prome (Hindeloopen)
lang: West-Frisian
word: prum (Terschelling)
lang: West-Frisian
word: prüm (Schiermonnikoog)
lang: Friulian
word: ciespe
lang: Friulian
word: emul
lang: Friulian
word: bromb
lang: Friulian
word: brugnul
lang: Friulian
word: siespe
lang: Galician
word: ameixa
lang: Galician
word: cirola
lang: Galician
word: fatón
lang: Galician
word: ambruíña
lang: Galician
word: abruño
lang: Galician
word: agruño
lang: Galician
word: cerollo
lang: Georgian
word: ქლიავი
roman: kliavi
lang: German
word: Pflaume
lang: German
word: Zwetschge
lang: German
word: Fluume
lang: Middle High German
word: pflūme
lang: Middle High German
word: pfrūme
lang: Old High German
word: pfrūma
lang: Greek
word: δαμάσκηνο
roman: damáskino
lang: Ancient Greek
word: προῦμνον
roman: proûmnon
lang: Mbya Guarani
word: aguai
lang: Hebrew
word: שְׁזִיף
roman: sh'zíf
lang: Hindi
word: आलूचा
roman: ālūcā
lang: Hindi
word: आलूबुखारा
roman: ālūbukhārā
lang: Hindi
word: बेर
roman: ber
lang: Hungarian
word: szilva
lang: Icelandic
word: plóma
lang: Ido
word: pruno
lang: Ingrian
word: sliivi
lang: Interlingua
word: pruna
lang: Irish
word: pluma
lang: Italian
word: prugna
lang: Italian
word: susina
lang: Japanese
word: セイヨウスモモ
roman: seiyōsumomo
lang: Japanese
word: プラム
roman: puramu
lang: Kaitag
word: гъи́мгъе
roman: ɣímɣe
lang: Kazakh
word: алхоры
roman: alxory
lang: Kazakh
word: қараөрік
roman: qaraörık
lang: Khmer
word: ម៉ាក់ប្រាង
roman: makpraang
lang: Korean
word: 자두
roman: jadu
lang: Korean
word: 서양자두
roman: seoyangjadu
lang: Korean
word: 오얏
roman: oyat
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ھەڵووژە
roman: hellûje
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кайналы
roman: kaynalı
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кара өрүк
roman: kara örük
lang: Ladin
word: sunjin
lang: Ladino
word: zirguela
lang: Ladino
word: pruna
lang: Ladino
word: avramila
lang: Ladino
word: almesha (Sarajevo)
lang: Ladino
word: almeshe (Monastir)
lang: Lao
word: ໝາກໝັ້ນ
roman: māk man
lang: Latin
word: prūnum
lang: Latvian
word: plūme
lang: Lithuanian
word: slyva
lang: Livonian
word: plūm
lang: Livonian
word: plūmõz
lang: Lombard
word: brugna
lang: Lombard
word: brügna
lang: Low German
word: Pluum
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Promm
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Praum
lang: Macedonian
word: слива
roman: sliva
lang: Malagasy
word: pesombazaha
lang: Malayalam
word: പ്ലം
roman: plaṁ
lang: Malayalam
word: ആലുചാ
roman: ālucā
lang: Maltese
word: għanbaqar
lang: Manx
word: plumbis
lang: Māori
word: paramu
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: prună
lang: Middle English
word: plomme
lang: Middle English
word: prune
lang: Mirandese
word: alméixina
lang: Navajo
word: chʼil naʼatłʼoʼiitsoh
lang: Norman
word: preune
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: plomme
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: plomme
lang: Occitan
word: pruna
lang: Ojibwe
word: bagesaan
lang: Old English
word: plūme
lang: Papiamentu
word: preimu
lang: Persian
word: آلو
roman: âlu
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Plum
lang: Polish
word: śliwka
lang: Portuguese
word: ameixa
lang: Portuguese
word: amêixoa
lang: Punjabi
word: ਆਲੂਬੁਖ਼ਾਰਾ
roman: ālūbuxārā
lang: Punjabi
word: ਅਲੂਚਾ
roman: alūcā
lang: Romanian
word: prună
lang: Romanian
word: perjă
lang: Romansh
word: primbla
lang: Romansh
word: prema
lang: Romansh
word: prem
lang: Romansh
word: zuesca
lang: Romansh
word: zvetga
lang: Romansh
word: paloja
lang: Romansh
word: paloga
lang: Romansh
word: prüna
lang: Romansh
word: brümbla
lang: Russian
word: сли́ва
roman: slíva
lang: Scots
word: ploom
lang: Scots
word: ploum
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: plumas
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: шљива
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: šljiva
lang: Sicilian
word: prunu
lang: Sicilian
word: pruna
lang: Slovak
word: slivka
lang: Slovene
word: sliva
lang: Slovene
word: češplja
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: slěwka
lang: Spanish
word: ciruela
lang: Spanish
word: pruna
lang: Spanish
word: guindón
lang: Swahili
word: mzambarau
lang: Swedish
word: plommon
lang: Tagalog
word: sirwelas
lang: Taos
word: pùlulúna
lang: Tatar
word: караҗимеш
roman: qaracimeş
lang: Thai
word: พลัม
roman: plam
lang: Thai
word: พรุน
roman: prun
lang: Tibetan
word: ཤིང་ཏོག་པ་ལམ
roman: shing tog pa lam
lang: Tigrinya
word: በርቁቕ
roman: bärḳux̣
lang: Tigrinya
word: ፕሩኞ
roman: pəruño
lang: Turkish
word: erik
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: اریك
roman: erik
lang: Turkmen
word: erik
lang: Turkmen
word: garaly
lang: Udi
word: дампӏул
roman: damṗul
lang: Ukrainian
word: сли́ва
roman: slýva
lang: Urdu
word: بیر
roman: ber
lang: Uzbek
word: olxoʻri
lang: Venetan
word: brónba
lang: Venetan
word: brógna
lang: Venetan
word: àmoło
lang: Venetan
word: amolo
lang: Venetan
word: çiéspa
lang: Vietnamese
word: mận
lang: Vietnamese
word: quả mận
lang: Vietnamese
word: trái mận
lang: Vilamovian
word: fłaojm
lang: Volapük
word: plöm
lang: Walloon
word: pronne
lang: Walloon
word: biyoke
lang: Welsh
word: eirin
lang: Welsh
word: plwmws
lang: Welsh
word: plwmwns
lang: Winnebago
word: kąąc
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿלוים
roman: floym
lang: Zhuang
word: makmaenj
lang: Afrikaans
word: pruim
lang: Ainu
word: モマニ
roman: momani
lang: Armenian
word: սալորենի
roman: saloreni
lang: Aromanian
word: damaschin
lang: Aromanian
word: dhamaskin
lang: Asturian
word: cirolal
lang: Asturian
word: ciroleru
lang: Asturian
word: nisal
lang: Basque
word: aranondo
lang: Bulgarian
word: слива
roman: sliva
lang: Catalan
word: pruner
lang: Catalan
word: prunera
lang: Cheyenne
word: ma'xemenó'e
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 李
roman: lǐ
lang: Czech
word: švestka
lang: Czech
word: slíva
lang: Danish
word: blomme
lang: Danish
word: blommetræ
lang: Dutch
word: pruimenboom
lang: Dutch
word: pruim
lang: Estonian
word: ploomipuu
lang: Finnish
word: luumupuu
lang: French
word: prunier
lang: Friulian
word: emolâr
lang: Friulian
word: sespâr
lang: Friulian
word: cespâr
lang: Friulian
word: brugnulâr
lang: Galician
word: ameixeira
lang: Galician
word: fatoeiro
lang: Galician
word: abruñeiro
lang: Galician
word: gruñeiro
lang: Galician
word: agruñeiro
lang: Galician
word: cerolleiro
lang: German
word: Pflaumenbaum
lang: Greek
word: δαμασκηνιά
roman: damaskiniá
lang: Ancient Greek
word: προύμνη
roman: proúmnē
lang: Hungarian
word: szilvafa
lang: Icelandic
word: plómutré
lang: Ido
word: pruniero
lang: Ingrian
word: sliivipuu
lang: Irish
word: crann plumaí
lang: Italian
word: prugno
lang: Italian
word: susino
lang: Japanese
word: セイヨウスモモ
roman: seiyō sumomo
lang: Kaitag
word: гъи́мгъе
roman: ɣímɣe
lang: Korean
word: 자두나무
roman: jadunamu
lang: Lao
word: ໝາກພຼຳ
roman: māk phram
lang: Latin
word: prūnus
lang: Latvian
word: plūme
lang: Livonian
word: plūmpū
lang: Livonian
word: plūmõpū
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Prommebam
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Praumebam
lang: Macedonian
word: слива
roman: sliva
lang: Manx
word: billey plumbis
lang: Māori
word: paramu
lang: Middle English
word: plomme
lang: Middle English
word: plumtre
lang: Norman
word: preunyi
lang: Ojibwe
word: bagesaanaatig
lang: Old English
word: plūme
lang: Old English
word: plūmtrēow
lang: Papiamentu
word: preimu
lang: Polish
word: śliwa
lang: Portuguese
word: ameixeira
lang: Romanian
word: prun
lang: Russian
word: сли́ва
roman: slíva
lang: Sardinian
word: pruna
lang: Scots
word: ploom
lang: Scots
word: ploum
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: plumas
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: шљива
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: šljiva
lang: Slovene
word: sliva
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: slěwka
lang: Spanish
word: ciruelo
lang: Swahili
word: mzambarau
lang: Swedish
word: plommonträd
lang: Turkish
word: erik ağacı
lang: Vietnamese
word: cây mận
lang: Volapük
word: plömabim
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿלוימענבוים
roman: floymenboym
lang: Danish
word: blommefarvet
lang: Dutch
word: donkerrood
lang: Dutch
word: donkerrode
lang: Finnish
word: luumunpunainen
lang: Ido
word: prunea
lang: Irish
word: plumchorcra
lang: Japanese
word: 暗紫色の
roman: anshishoku no
lang: Swahili
word: zambarau
lang: Vietnamese
word: màu mận