plum tree in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for plum tree in the English»French Dictionary

plum tree N

plum tree

prunier m

Translations for plum tree in the French»English Dictionary

prunier

plum (tree)

Translations for plum tree in the English»French Dictionary

I.plum [Brit plʌm, Am pləm] N

1. plum BOT:

plum (fruit)

prune f

plum (tree)

prunier m

2. plum (colour):

plum

couleur f prune

II.plum [Brit plʌm, Am pləm] ADJ

1. plum (coloured):

plum, a. plum-coloured

prune

2. plum (good) inf:

to get a plum job/part

décrocher un boulot/rôle en or inf

I.tree [Brit triː, Am tri] N

tree

arbre m

an apple/a cherry tree

un pommier/un cerisier

the tree of life

l'arbre de vie

the tree of knowledge

l'arbre de la connaissance. pear

II.tree [Brit triː, Am tri] VB trans Am lit

tree animal

poursuivre [qc] jusqu'en haut d'un arbre

tree fig person

mettre [qn] dans une situation délicate

III.tree [Brit triː, Am tri]

he can't see the wood Brit or forest Am for the trees

il se perd dans les détails

money doesn't grow on trees

l'argent ne se trouve pas sous les sabots d'un cheval

to be out of one's tree inf

être cinglé inf

to be up a tree Am

être dans le pétrin inf

to get to/be at the top of the tree

arriver/être arrivé au sommet

See also pear

pear [Brit pɛː, Am pɛr] N

1. pear (fruit):

pear

poire f

Phrases:

pear, a. pear tree

poirier m

to go pear-shaped inf

foirer sl

plum tree in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for plum tree in the French»English Dictionary

prunier

plum tree

Translations for plum tree in the English»French Dictionary

I.plum [plʌm] N

1. plum (fruit):

plum

prune f

2. plum (exceptionally good opportunity):

plum

affaire f

II.plum [plʌm] ADJ

1. plum (purplish-red colour):

plum

prune inv

2. plum (exceptionally good or favourable):

plum job, part

en or

I.tree [tri:] N

tree

arbre m

sth doesn't grow on trees

qc ne tombe pas du ciel

II.tree [tri:] VB trans

to tree an animal

forcer un animal à se réfugier dans un arbre

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

One of their favourite leaves to eat is from an introduced plant, the common plum tree.

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His name reflects this act: il means one, ji means branch and mae means plum tree.

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One feature has, however, survived - a plum tree which stood in the stationmaster's garden.

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As well as cranberry, citrus and a big plum tree there is a giant pear.

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They window may carefully frame a branch of a pine tree, or a plum tree in blossom, or another intimate garden scene.

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If your plum tree has overhanging branches that dip onto a high school campus, can't you reasonably expect hungry teens to harvest them?

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I've lost 12 metres of landscape fabric and a 2.5-metre branch off my plum tree.

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Four pigeons visited this particular plum tree and during about a week the red plums were gone, and so were the pigeons.

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The original plum tree no longer survives, though others have been planted since.

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The plum tree is considered to be more than 300 years old.

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