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Fruit
English
Etymology
(1125–75) Middle English fruit (fruits and vegetables) < Old French fruit < Latin fructus (enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income), a derivative of Latin frui (to have the benefit of, to use, to enjoy) < Proto-Indo-European base *bhrug- (to make use of, have enjoyment of). Cognate with Modern German brauchen (to use).
Pronunciation
Noun
fruit (see Usage notes for discussion of plural)
- (botany) The part of a plant, often edible, often colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced after blossoming and containing one or more seeds; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit.
- (figuratively) A positive end result or reward of labour/labor or effort.
- His labours bore fruit
- (figuratively) A child of a marriage.
- fruit of the union
- (offensive slang) A homosexual or effeminate man.
Usage notes
- In the botanical and figurative senses, fruit is a singular noun and also used as a collective noun. Fruits is also sometimes used as the plural in the botanical sense.
- When fruit is used as a collective noun in the botanical sense, a piece of fruit is often used as the corresponding singular form.
- In senses other than the botanical or figurative ones derived from the botanical sense, the plural is fruits.
Translations
part of plant
- Arabic: فَاكْهَة (fákha) f, فَوَاكِهُ (fawáakih) pl
- Bulgarian: плод (plod) m, овошка (ovoška) f
- Chinese: 水果 (shuĭ guŏ)
- Croatian: voće n
- Czech: ovoce n
- Danish: frugt c
- Dutch: fruit n (invariable), vrucht f
- Esperanto: frukto
- Estonian: puuvili
- Finnish: hedelmä
- French: fruit m
- German: Frucht f, Obst n
- Greek: καρπός (karpós) m, φρούτον (froúton) f
- Hebrew: פרי (perí) m, פירות (peyrót) m collective
- Hungarian: gyümölcs
- Icelandic: ávöxtur m, aldin n
- Ido: frukto
- Interlingua: fructo
- Italian: frutta f, frutto m
- Japanese: 果物 (くだもの , kudámono)
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- Korean: 과일 (gwail)
- Lakota: waskuyeca
- Latin: fructus m, frux f, fruges pl
- Lithuanian: vaisius m
- Malaysian: buah
- Marathi: फळ (phala)
- Norwegian: frukt c
- Ojibwe: miiniwin , miiniwinan pl
- Persian: میوه (mive)
- Polish: owoc m
- Portuguese: fruta (collective noun) f, fruto m
- Romanian: fructă f
- Russian: плод (plod) m, фрукт (frukt) m, фрукты (frúkty) pl
- Serbian: воће (voće) n
- Slovak: ovocie n
- Spanish: fruta f, fruto m
- Swahili: tunda , matunda pl (noun 5/6), zao , mazao pl (noun 5/6)
- Swedish: frukt c
- Thai: ลูก (lùùk), ผล (phóhn)
- Turkish: meyve
- Ukrainian: плід (plid) m, фрукт (frukt) m
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figuratively: positive end result or reward of labour or effort
- Finnish: hedelmä
- German: Frucht f, Früchte f/pl
- Greek: καρπός (karpós) m, προϊόν (proïón) n
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- Latin: fructus m
- Lithuanian: vaisius m
- Slovak: plod m
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figuratively: child of a marriage
- German: Spross m, Sprössling m
- Greek: καρπός (karpós) m
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offensive slang: homosexual or effeminate man
- Arabic: شَاذٌّ جِنْسِيًّا (šað džinsíyyan) m
- French: pédé m, (effeminate) folle f
- German: Schwuler m, Schwuchtel f, Tunte , f
- Italian: frocio m, finocchio m
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- Portuguese: gay
- Russian: гомик (gómik) m, гомики (gómiki) pl
- Spanish: maricón m, marica m
- Swahili: shoga sg/pl (noun 5/6)
- Thai: กอ (gaaw), แต๋ว (tááeo), เกย์ (geh[y])
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Translations to be checked
The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate tables above. The numbering, where used, is unreliable.
- Breton: frouezh (collective noun) frouezhenn singular f
- Catalan: fruit m, fruita f
- Esperanto: frukto
- Indonesian: buah
- Interlingua: fructo
- Marathi: फळ (phala)
- Persian: میوه (mive)
- Romanian: fruct n
- Slovak: ovocie n (1), plod m (3,4)
- Swedish: frukt (1,2,3)
Some types of fruit
Derived terms
See also
- frugivore
- frugivorous
- Wikipedia article on fruit
- List of fruits in Wikipedia
Dutch
Noun
fruit n (invariable)
- (botany) fruit (produced by trees or bushes, or any sweet vegetable)
Synonyms
French
Noun
fruit m (plural fruits)
- (botany) fruit
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