frukto

Baltic Romani

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fructus.

Noun

frukto m

1. (Litovska, Xaladitka) fruit

References

• “frukto” in Lithuanian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.
• “frukto” in North Russian Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin fructus (“enjoyment, proceeds, profits, produce, income”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to make use of, to have enjoyment of”).

Picture dictionary

banano

piro

pomo

pomo

vinbero

oranĝo

persiko

abrikoto

frambo

mirtelo

Click on labels in the image manĝaĵo arbo Other fruits (not depicted above) ĉerizo citrono ananaso melono pruno

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrukto/

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• Rhymes: -ukto
• Hyphenation: fruk‧to

Noun

frukto (accusative singular frukton, plural fruktoj, accusative plural fruktojn)

1. fruit

   Ĉu vi konsideras tomaton esti frukto aŭ legomo?

   Do you consider a tomato to be a fruit or a vegetable?

   • 1927, L. L. Zamenhof, transl., La Sankta Biblio [The Holy Bible]‎ (hardcover), London; Edinburgh: British and Foreign Bible Society; Scottish Bible Society, →ISBN, page 5:

     Kaj Dio diris: Kreskigu la tero verdaĵon, herbon, kiu naskas semon, fruktarbon, kiu donas laŭ sia speco frukton, kies semo estas en ĝi mem, sur la tero; kaj fariĝis tiel.

     And God said: Let the earth grow a plant, grass, which bears a seed, a fruit tree, which gives fruit according to its kind, whose seed is inside itself, on the earth; and it was made so.

Derived terms

• frukta (“fruity”)
• fruktarbejo, fruktoĝardeno (“orchard”)
• fruktodona (“fruitful, productive”)
• karambolfrukto (“star fruit”)
• kivifrukto (“kiwi fruit”)
• senfrukta (“unfruitful, barren, unfertile”)

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto frukto, from German Frucht, Russian фрукт (frukt), Latin fructus. In length from English fructify, French fructifier, Spanish fructificar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfruk.to/

Noun

frukto (plural frukti)

1. fruit
2. (figuratively) an unborn child in a woman's womb

Synonyms

• (figuratively) gano

Derived terms

• artokarpofrukto (“breadfruit; breadnut (fruit)”)
• citrusfrukto (“citrus fruit”)
• fagofrukto (“beech nut”)
• frukt-arboreyo, fruktogardeno (“orchard”)
• frukt-arboro (“fruit tree”)
• fruktala
• fruktifanta (“frugiferous”)
• fruktifar (“fructify”)
• fruktokorbo (“fruit basket”)
• fruktovendisto (“fruit seller”)
• fruktoza (“fruitful, fecund”)