Fruit

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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Usage notes 1.2.2 Translations 1.2.2.1 Translations to be checked 1.3 Some types of fruit 1.4 Derived terms 1.5 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 3 French 3.1 Noun

English

Etymology

(1125-75) Middle English, from Latin fructus (meaning "fruit, enjoyment"), derivative of Latin frui ("to enjoy")

Noun

fruit (see Usage notes for discussion of plural)

1. (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.
2. (figuratively) A positive end result or reward of labour/labor or effort.

   His labours bore fruit

3. (figuratively) A child of a marriage.

   fruit of the union

4. (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), овошка (ovoška) Chinese: 水果 (shuĭ guŏ) Croatian: voće n Czech: ovoce n Danish: frugt Dutch: fruit n (invariable), vrucht f 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 Italian: frutta f, frutto m

Japanese: 果物 (くだもの, kudámono) Korean: 과일 (gwail) Latin: fructus m, frux f, fruges pl Lithuanian: vaisius m Norwegian: frukt Polish: owoc Portuguese: fruta (collective noun) f, fruto m Romanian: fructă f Russian: плод (plod), фрукт (frukt) Serbian: воће (voće) Spanish: fruta f, fruto m Swedish: frukt c Turkish: meyve Ukrainian: плід (plid), фрукт (frukt)

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

Latin: fructus m Lithuanian: vaisius m

figuratively: child of a marriage

Greek: καρπός (karpós) m

Lithuanian: vaisius m

offensive slang: homosexual or effeminate man

French: pédé m, (effeminate) folle f Italian: frocio m, finocchio m

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
• Persian: میوه (mive)
• Romanian: fruct n
• Slovak: ovocie n (1), plod m (3,4)
• Swedish: frukt (1,2,3)

Some types of fruit

• akee
• apple
• apricot
• banana
• berry
• bilberry
• blackberry
• blackcurrant
• blueberry
• cantaloupe
• cherry
• Chinese gooseberry
• clementine
• cloudberry
• currant
• damson
• date
• elderberry
• fig
• gooseberry
• grape
• grapefruit
• guava
• kiwi fruit
• kumquat
• lemon
• lime
• loganberry
• lychee
• mandarin
• mango
• medlar
• melon
• mulberry
• musk melon
• olive
• orange
• papaya
• passion fruit
• pawpaw
• peach
• pear
• persimmon
• plum
• pineapple
• pomegranate
• raspberry
• redcurrant
• satsuma
• soursop
• strawberry
• tamarind
• tangelo
• tangerine
• tomato
• ugli fruit
• watermelon

Derived terms

• bear fruit
• stone fruit
• fruitarian
• fruit tree
• fruitless

See also

• frugivore
• frugivorous
• Wikipedia article on fruit
• List of fruits in Wikipedia

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Dutch

Noun

fruit n (invariable)

1. (botany) fruit (produced by trees or bushes, or any sweet vegetable)

Synonyms

• vrucht

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French

Noun

fruit m (plural fruits)

1. (botany) fruit