Parola del giorno in inglese

fruit

frutta

Definizioni

inglese > italiano
fruit
1. sost. (botanica) la maturazione dell'ovario di un fiore: frutto
2. sost. (per estensione) frutto falso o parte commestibile di una pianta a forma di frutto: frutto
3. sost. (per estensione) parte commestibile di una pianta di sapore dolce o dolciastro
4. sost. (spregiativo) maschio omosessuale o effemminato
5. sost. insieme di frutti: frutta, frutti
a piece of fruit: un frutto
6. sost. (senso figurato) il prodotto o la ricompensa per un lavoro o uno sforzo: frutti, frutto
7. sost. (senso figurato) la discendenza di un matrimonio: figlio, figlia, prole
inglese > inglese
fruit
1. subst. (botany) The seed-bearing part of a plant, often edible, colourful and fragrant, produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
While cucumber is technically a fruit, one would not usually use it to make jam.
2. subst. Any sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit, even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables
Fruit salad is a simple way of making fruits into a dessert.
3. subst. An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.
His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise.
4. subst. Offspring from a sexual union.
Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
The litter was the fruit of the union between our whippet and their terrier.
5. subst. (dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual or effeminate man.
6. subst. (as a modifier) Of, pertaining to, or having fruit; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.
7. v. To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.
italiano > inglese
frutta
1. subst. (collective) fruit (food)
L'arancia è un tipo di frutta. - The orange is a type of fruit.
Oggi c'è tanta frutta. - Today there is a lot of fruit.
La frutta è importante quanto la verdura nella dieta di ogni giorno. - Fruit is as important as the vegetables in the everyday's diet.