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fruit

/fruːt/

/frut/

Translations

fruitnoun

fruits

/fruːt/

/frut/

fruitAu sens figuré.

The fruit of their hard work was a successful business.

Le fruit de leur travail acharné a été une entreprise prospère.

fruit

Apples, bananas, and oranges are all types of fruit.

Les pommes, les bananes et les oranges sont tous des types de fruit.

fruitSens botanique.

In botanical terms, a tomato is classified as a fruit.

En termes botaniques, la tomate est classée comme un fruit.

Additional translations

tapetteArgot offensant, très péjoratif.

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fruitverb

fruited

Past Simple

fruited

Past Participle

fruiting

Gerund

/fruːt/

/frut/

fructifierSe dit d'une plante ou d'un arbre qui produit des fruits.

The apple tree began to fruit in early summer.

Le pommier a commencé à fructifier au début de l'été.

Synonyms

produce results

come to fruition

bear fruit

pay off

Antonyms

fruitadjective

/fruːt/

/frut/

Used attributively before another noun to indicate relation to fruit (e.g., fruit salad).

aux fruitsEmploi attributif; souvent rendu par une tournure avec préposition en français.

She ordered a fruit smoothie for breakfast.

Elle a commandé un smoothie aux fruits pour le petit-déjeuner.

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Definitions

fruitnoun

The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.

Apples, bananas, and oranges are all types of fruit.

A result or reward that comes from some action or activity.

The fruit of their hard work was a successful business.

A term used in botany to describe the mature ovary of a flowering plant, usually containing seeds.

In botanical terms, a tomato is classified as a fruit.

Offensive slang: a homosexual man.

He was bullied and called a fruit at school.

fruitverb

To produce fruit as a plant does.

The apple tree began to fruit in early summer.

fruitadjective

Relating to or made from fruit; containing fruit.

She ordered a fruit smoothie for breakfast.