wikipedia|Fruit
wikipedia|Fruit (disambiguation)
English

Etymology
(1125�75) Middle English fruit, fruits and vegetables, from Old French fruit, from L. fructus, enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income, a derivative of L. frui, to have the benefit of, to use, to enjoy, from Proto-Indo-European base *bhrug-, to make use of, to have enjoyment of; cognate with Modern German brauchen, to use.

Pronunciation
AHD|fro�ot, IPA|/fɹu�t/, SAMPA|/fru:t/
audio|en-us-fruit.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|u�t

Noun
en-noun|s|- (see Usage notes for discussion of plural)

1. botany The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful/colorful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.

#: While cucumber is technically a fruit, one would not usually use it to make jam.

1. context|nutrition Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; 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.

#: fruit salad|Fruit salad is a simple way of making fruits into a dessert.

1. figurative A positive end result or reward of labour/labor or effort.

#: ''His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit, when his business boomed and he was given a raise.

1. figurative A child of a marriage.

#: The fruit of the union.

1. context|offensive slang A homosexual or effeminate man.

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.

Derived terms
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bear fruit
stone fruit
fruitarian
fruitful
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fruitless
fruit tree
grapefruit
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passion fruit
Sharon fruit
star fruit, starfruit
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Related terms
frugivore
frugivorous

Croatian: t-|hr|vo�e|n|p
Czech: t+|cs|ovoce|n, t-|cs|plod|m
Danish: t+|da|frugt|c
Dutch: t+|nl|fruit|n, t+|nl|vrucht|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|frukto|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: puuvili
Ewe: kutsetse n
Finnish: t+|fi|hedelmä
French: t+|fr|fruit|m
Galician: froita f
German: t+|de|Frucht|f, t+|de|Obst|n
Greek: κα���� [kar�po�s] m, ο���α [o��po�ra] f, ο���ικ� [o��po�ri�ko�] n, ��ο��ο [�fruto�] n, γέννημα [��e�ni�ma] n
Hebrew: פר� (perí) m, פ�ר�ת (peyrót) m collective
Hindi: फल (phal)
Hungarian: t+|hu|gyümölcs
Icelandic: t+|is|ávöxtur|m, t-|is|aldin|n
Ido: frukto
Ilocano: bunga
Indonesian: t-|id|buah|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: fructo
Irish: toradh
Italian: t+|it|frutta|f, t+|it|frutto|m
Japanese: �� (���, kajitsu), �� (����, kudámono), ���� (furūtsu)
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Korean: 과� (gwail)
Kurdish: t|ku|fêkî|m, t+|ku|mêwe|f, t+|ku|�����|sc=KUchar
Lakota: waskuyeca
Latin: fructus m, frux f, fruges p
Lithuanian: vaisius m
Malayalam: പഴ� (pazham), ഫല� (phalam)
Malaysian: buah
Manx: mess#Manx|mess
Marathi: फळ (phala)
Norwegian: t-|no|frukt|c
Ojibwe: miiniwin, miiniwinan p
Persian: FAchar|���� (mive)
Polish: t+|pl|owoc|m
Portuguese: fruta (collective) f, fruto m
Romanian: fruct f and m, rod f and m
Russian: плод (plod) m, ���к� (frukt) m, ���к�� (frúkty) p
Scottish Gaelic: meas m, toradh m
Serbian

• Cyrillic: воÑ�е n p, плод m s
• Roman: voÄ�e n p, plod m s

Slovak: ovocie n
Slovene: t+|sl|sadež|m, t+|sl|plod|m
Spanish: t+|es|fruta|f, t+|es|fruto|m
Swedish: t+|sv|frukt|c
Tagalog: bunga
Tamil: (palam)
Telugu: ప�డ� (paMDu), ఫలమ� (phalamu)
Tetum: ai-fuan
Thai: THchar|ลู� (lùùk), THchar|�ล (phóhn), THchar|�ล�ม� (phóhn-lá-máai )
Turkish: t+|tr|meyve
Ukrainian: t-|uk|пл�д|m|trplid|scCyrl|xsUkrainian, t-|uk|���к�|m|trfrukt|scCyrl|xsUkrainian
Vietnamese: quả, trái (classifiers used when referring to specific fruits); trái cây (used to refer to fruits in general)
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Czech: t+|cs|ovoce|n
Ewe: kutsetse n
Finnish: t+|fi|hedelmä
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Swedish: t+|sv|frukt|c
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trans-top|figuratively: positive end result or reward of labour or effort
Catalan: fruit
Czech: plody m/p
Dutch: t+|nl|vrucht|f
Finnish: t+|fi|hedelmä
French: t+|fr|fruit|m
German: Frucht f, Früchte f/p
Greek: κα���� [kar�po�s] m, γέννημα [��e�ni�ma] n
Icelandic: t+|is|ávöxtur|m
Irish: toradh
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Latin: t-|la|fructus|m
Lithuanian: vaisius m
Malayalam: ഫല� (phalam)
Manx: mess#Manx|mess
Slovak: t-|sk|plod|m
Slovene: t-|sl|sad|m
Swedish: avkastning c, behållning c, frukt c, nytta c, produkt c, resultat n
Telugu: ఫలమ� (phalamu)
Thai: THchar|����ล�ี (dai-phóhn-dee)
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trans-top|figuratively: child of a marriage
Catalan: fruit
Dutch: t-|nl|spruit|m|f
Finnish: t+|fi|hedelmä
French: t+|fr|fruit|m
German: Spross m, Sprössling m
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Greek: κα���� [kar�po�s] m, γέννημα [��e�ni�ma] n
Icelandic: t+|is|ávöxtur|m
Lithuanian: vaisius m
Swedish: avkomma c, frukt c, livsfrukt c
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trans-top|offensive slang: homosexual or effeminate man

Arabic: ARchar|شاذ ج�س�ا|ش�اذ� ج���س���ا (šaðði džinsíyyan) m
Catalan: marieta, maricó
Finnish: hintti, hinttari
French: pédé m, (effeminate) folle f
German: t+|de|Schwuler|m, t+|de|Schwuchtel|f, t-|de|Tunte|f
Icelandic: t-|is|faggi|m
Italian: t+|it|frocio|m, t+|it|finocchio|m
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Russian: гомик (gómik) m, гомики (gómiki) p
Spanish: t+|es|maricón|m, t+|es|marica|m
Swahili: shoga s/p (noun 5/6)
Swedish: bög c, fikus c
Thai: THchar|�อ (gaaw), THchar|���ว (tááeo), THchar|��ย� (geh)
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Indonesian: buah
ttbc|Interlingua: fructo
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|���� (mive)
ttbc|Sanskrit: फल (phala) n
ttbc|Slovak: ovocie n (1), plod#Slovak|plod m (3,4)
ttbc|Swahili: tunda, matunda p (noun 5/6), zao, mazao p (noun 5/6)

Verb
en-verb

1. To produce fruit.

See also
:Category:Fruits for a list of fruits
pedialite|Fruit
w:List_of_fruits|List of fruits in Wikipedia

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Catalan

Etymology
Latin fructus

Noun
fruit

1. fruit

Category:Catalan nouns

Dutch

Noun
fruit n (invariable)

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

Synonyms
vrucht, (arch.) ooft

French

Pronunciation
IPA|/f�ɥi/
audio|Fr-un fruit-fr-ouest.ogg|Audio (FR)

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. #English|fruit (1)
2. #English|fruit (2)
3. #English|fruit (3)
4. #English|fruit (4)

Category:Botany
Category:Foods
Category:Nutrition

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