pruning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹuːnɪŋ/

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Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English prune

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-gō

Proto-Germanic *-ōngō?

Proto-Germanic *-ungō

Old English -ung

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English pruning

From prune + -ing.

Noun

pruning (countable and uncountable, plural prunings)

1. A removal of excess material from a tree or shrub.
2. (countable) Something obtained by pruning, as a twig.
3. (computer science) A method of enumeration that allows the cutting out of parts of a decision tree.

Derived terms

• alpha-beta pruning
• pruning hook
• pruning shears
• self-pruning
• summer pruning

Translations

action of pruning — see also trimming

• Catalan: poda (ca) f
• Czech: prořezávání n
• Galician: poda (gl) f
• German: reduzieren (de)
• Greek: κλάδεμα (el) n (kládema)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beskjæring m or f

• Portuguese: poda (pt) f
• Russian: проре́живание (ru) n (proréživanije), обрезка растений (obrezka rastenij)
• Serbo-Croatian: orezivanje n
• Spanish: poda (es) f, podada (es) f, podadura (es) f, podazón (es) f
• Swedish: beskärning
• Tagalog: hitatag

method of enumeration

• Czech: prořezávání n
• Serbo-Croatian: pruniranje n

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pruning

1. present participle and gerund of prune