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- [froot]
- /frut/
- /fruːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [froot]
- /frut/
Definitions of fruits word
- noun plural fruits any product of plant growth useful to humans or animals. 1
- noun plural fruits the developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the pea pod, nut, tomato, or pineapple. 1
- noun plural fruits the edible part of a plant developed from a flower, with any accessory tissues, as the peach, mulberry, or banana. 1
- noun plural fruits the spores and accessory organs of ferns, mosses, fungi, algae, or lichen. 1
- noun plural fruits anything produced or accruing; product, result, or effect; return or profit: the fruits of one's labors. 1
- noun plural fruits Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual. 1
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Origin of fruits
First appearance:
before 1125 One of the 6% oldest English words
1125-75; Middle English < Old French < Latin frūctus enjoyment, profit, fruit, equivalent to frūg-, variant stem of fruī to enjoy the produce of + -tus suffix of v. action
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Parts of speech for Fruits
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fruits popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fruits usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fruits
noun fruits
- revenue — the income of a government from taxation, excise duties, customs, or other sources, appropriated to the payment of the public expenses.
- crop — Crops are plants such as wheat and potatoes that are grown in large quantities for food.
- fruitage — the bearing of fruit: soil additives to hasten the fruitage.
- gleanings — the act of a person who gleans.
- byproduct — A byproduct is something that is produced during the manufacture or processing of another product.
Top questions with fruits
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