frutto
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Italian
Etymology
From Latin fructus, itself from the verb fruor.
Pronunciation
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
- (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”)