fruit
A product of fertilization in a plant, specificallyA product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
» He doesn't eat anything except fruit.
Er isst nichts weiter als Früchte.
Er isst nichts anderes als Früchte.
Er isst nichts außer Obst.
Er isst nur Obst.
Er isst ausschließlich Obst.
Er ernährt sich ausschließlich von Obst.
Он ест одни фрукты.
Він не їсть нічого, окрім фруктів.
Meaning
11 senses(countable, uncountable)A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
an amount of a product
A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:
(countable, uncountable)The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
Frucht, Obst
фруктfrukt, плодplod
фруктfrukt
(countable, uncountable)The spores of cryptogams and their accessory organs.
(countable, uncountable)Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
Any sweet or sour, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see former sense) even if it does not develop from a floral ovary.
(countable, uncountable)A sweet or sweetish vegetable, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resembles a true fruit or is used in cookery as if it was a fruit.
(countable, uncountable)An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
He spent his retirement enjoying the fruits of his labour.
Frucht, Früchte
плодplod
плідplid
(attributive, countable, uncountable)Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.
fresh-squeezed fruit juice
a fruit salad
(colloquial, countable, dated, derogatory, uncountable)A homosexual man, especially an effeminate one.
(countable, derogatory, figuratively, uncountable)An effeminate man.
Spross, Sprössling, Schwuler
плодplod, го́микgómik, го́микиgómiki
плідplid
(countable, informal, uncountable)A crazy person.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)Offspring from a sexual union.
The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.
fruit of one's loins
Examples
1278 sentencesHe doesn't eat anything except fruit.
Він не їсть нічого, окрім фруктів.
ruОн ест одни фрукты.
deEr isst nichts weiter als Früchte.
Tom doesn't eat fruit very often.
Том не дуже часто їсть фрукти.
ruТом не очень часто ест фрукты.
deTom isst nicht sehr oft Obst.
What fruit do you like the best?
Якi фрукти тобi найбiльше подобаються?
deWelches Obst mögen Sie am liebsten?
My father does not eat much fruit.
Мій батько їсть небагато фруктів.
deMein Vater isst nicht viel Obst.
He doesn't eat anything other than fruit.
Він не їсть нічого, окрім фруктів.
ruОн ест одни фрукты.
deEr isst nichts weiter als Früchte.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fruyt, frut (“fruits and vegetables”), from Old French fruit (“produceFrom Middle English fruyt, frut (“fruits and vegetables”), from Old French fruit (“produce, fruits and vegetables”), from Latin fruitus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), frūctus and frūx (“crop, produce, fruit”) (compare Latin fruor (“have the benefit of, to use, to enjoy”)).
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Forms
plural: fruitsSynonyms
69 synonyms- an amount of a product:yield
Word family
161 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Food and drink — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- fruits and vegetables
- eat fruit
- kind of fruit
- fruit juice
- eat more fruit
- lot of fruit
- some fruit
- fresh fruit
- eats fruit for
- only eat fruit
- eat much fruit
- of fruit do