fruit

fruit
fruit [{{t}}fru:t] (pl sense (a) inv or fruits)
1 noun
(a) (gen) fruit m;
to eat fruit manger des fruits;
a piece of fruit un fruit;
would you like fruit or cheese? voulez-vous un fruit ou du fromage?;
we eat a lot of fruit nous mangeons beaucoup de fruits;
a tree in fruit un arbre qui porte des fruits;
the fruit or fruits of the earth les fruits mpl de la terre;
{{}}figurative{{}} the fruit of her womb le fruit de ses entrailles;
their plans have never borne fruit leurs projets ne se sont jamais réalisés;
his book is the fruit of much research son livre est le fruit de longues recherches
(b) {{}}British{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} {{}}old-fashioned{{}} (term of address)
old fruit mon vieux
(c) {{}}American{{}} {{}}very familiar{{}} {{}}pejorative{{}} (homosexual) pédé m, tante f
(d) {{}}American{{}} {{}}familiar{{}} (strange person)
he's a real fruit il est vraiment loufoque
2 compound-forming noun
(basket) à fruits; (diet, farm, stall) fruitier; (flavouring) de ou aux fruits
3 intransitive verb
{{}}Botany{{}} donner
►► {{}}Zoology{{}} fruit bat chauve-souris f frugivore;
{{}}Botany{{}} fruit body (of mushroom) corps m fructifère;
fruit bowl coupe f à fruits, compotier m;
fruit cocktail macédoine f de fruits;
fruit cup (dessert) coupe f de fruits; (drink) boisson f aux fruits (parfois alcoolisée);
fruit dish (individual) coupe f, coupelle f; (large) coupe f à fruits, compotier m;
fruit drop bonbon m aux fruits;
fruit farmer arboriculteur(trice) m,f (fruitier(ère));
fruit farming arboriculture f (fruitière);
{{}}Entomology{{}} fruit fly mouche f du vinaigre, drosophile f;
fruits of the forest fruits mpl des bois, {{}}Swiss{{}} petits fruits mpl;
{{}}British{{}} fruit gum boule f de gomme;
fruit juice jus m de fruits;
fruit knife couteau m à fruit(s);
{{}}British{{}} fruit machine machine f à sous;
fruit salad salade f de fruits;
fruit salts sels mpl purgatifs;
fruit sugar fructose m;
fruit tree arbre m fruitier

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