pruine

pʁɥin

Definition

Definition of pruine - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

botaniquepellicule cireuse qui recouvre naturellement certains fruits ou feuilles

La pruine donne aux prunes leur aspect mat caractéristique.

entomologie

TECH.

couche fine qui recouvre le corps de certains insectes

TECH.

Les libellules ont souvent une pruine qui leur donne un aspect poudré.

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pellicule cireuse qui recouvre naturellement certains fruits ou feuilles

Origin of pruine

latin, pruina (gelée, givre)

Terms with pruine included in their meaning

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pruiner

fruits et feuilles

recouvrir d’un voile poudreux qui ressemble à la pruine

Examples of pruine in a sentence

Les botanistes étudient la pruine pour comprendre la résistance des plantes.
La pruine sur les ailes du papillon disparaît avec le temps.
Certains coléoptères présentent une pruine bleutée sur leur carapace.

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English:bloom, pruinescence, ...
German:Bereifung, Pruine, ...
Italian:pruina, ...
Spanish:pruina, ...
Portuguese:pruína, pruina, ...
Chinese:果粉, 蜡粉层, ...
Japanese:ブルーム, ろう粉, ...
Arabic:طبقة شمعية, إفراز شمعي, ...
Hebrew:פְּרוּנָה, שִׁכְבַת שַׁעֲוָה, ...
Russian:пруина, налёт, ...
Ukrainian:пруїна, ...
Catalan:pruina, capa fina, ...
Danish:dug, duglag, ...
Dutch:pruimlaagje, poederlaag, ...
Greek:κηρώδης επίστρωση, προύινα, ...
Hungarian:hamvasság, bizonyos rovarok testét borító finom, porosnak ható bevonat, ...
Khmer:ស្រទាប់ក្រមួនស្តើង, ស្រទាប់ម្សៅស្តើងលើខ្លួនសត្វល្អិត, ...
Korean:과일 표면의 왁스층, 분상층, ...
Polish:nalot, pruina, ...
Portuguese (BR):pruina, pruína, ...
Romanian:pruină, ...
Swedish:daggvax, dagg, ...
Thai:คราบขี้ผึ้งบนผลไม้, ผงเคลือบผิว, ...
Turkish:mumsu tabaka, pruin, ...
Vietnamese:lớp phấn, lớp phủ phấn, ...

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