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fruit

/fˈɹuːt/FROOT
/fˈɹut/FROOT

Meaningproduce

Common meaning: a seed-holding growth of a plant, often good to eat

Journey through time

  1. Latinfruor, frūctus; frūctus, -ūs‘to enjoy’
  2. Frenchfruit
  3. Middle Englishfruitsource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsto enjoy → a seed-holding growth of a plant, often good to eatfruit‘a seed-holding growth of a plant, often good to eat’ · today

fruit also in: frugalfructose

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin fruor ‘to enjoy; produce of the land’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry fruor, p. 784 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

fructosefrugal

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