frutto

See also: fruttò and frùtto

Italian

Etymology

From Latin fructus, itself from the verb fruor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfrut.to/
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Rhymes: -utto
Hyphenation: frùt‧to

Noun

frutto m (plural frutti, diminutive frutterèllo or frutticèllo or fruttìno or frutticìno)

(botany) fruit
(rare in the plural, when the number is unspecified the collective form frutta is used instead of the plural) fruit (food)
Synonym: (collective) frutta f
(figurative) fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence), harvest
Synonyms: guadagno, risultato
(figurative) fruit (offspring from a sexual union)

Derived terms

Derived terms

frutteto (“orchard”)
frutticino
frutticolo (“fruit (relational)”)
fruttidoro (“Fructidor”) (a month in the French Republican Calendar)
fruttifero (“that produces fruit (a plant/tree), fertile (soil, ground), useful, profitable”)
frutto di mare (“seafood”)
fruttosio (“fructose”)

Related terms

Related terms

fruttato (“fruity”)
fruttiera (“a fruit dish”)
fruttificare (“to bear fruit”) (of a plant)
fruttuoso (“fruitful, profitable”)

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