katrinplommon

Swedish

Etymology

By surface analysis, Katrin +‎ plommon. Cognate with German Katharinenpflaume, French prune Sainte Catherine (“Sainte-Catherine plum”). Likely named after Catherine of Alexandria (or possibly some other saint named "Catherine"), but the exact reason is unclear.

Noun

katrinplommon n

  1. a prune
    Synonym: sviskon
    Katrinplommon är torkade sviskon
    Prunes are dried prune plums

Declension

Declension of katrinplommon
nominative genitive
singular indefinite katrinplommon katrinplommons
definite katrinplommonet katrinplommonets
plural indefinite katrinplommon katrinplommons
definite katrinplommonen katrinplommonens

References

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