fructa

Latin

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfruːk.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfruk.ta]

Participle

frūcta

1. inflection of frūctus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Noun

frūcta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of frūctum

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfruːk.taː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfruk.ta]

Participle

frūctā

1. ablative feminine singular of frūctus

References

• "fructa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Noun

fructa f (plural fructas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of fruta
   • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Cadeia [Jail]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 41:

     […] a carroça de lixo rolou na praça recolhendo cascas de fructas […]

     […] the garbage car went down the square picking up fruit peels […]