how to pronounce prune

/pʁyn/

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prune is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of prune in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… président en tout cas le prune stature …”

meanings of prune

noun:

Plum.
Ticket (“traffic citation").

prune frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word prune occurs in french on average 4.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.