frutto

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See also: fruttò and frùtto

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin fructus, itself from the verb fruor.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. (botany) fruit
  2. (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
  3. (figurative) fruit (an end result, effect, or consequence), harvest
    Synonyms: guadagno, risultato
  4. (figurative) fruit (offspring from a sexual union)

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