frutta

Cimbrian

Noun

frutta f

fruit

References

“frutta” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin fructa, from Latin fructus. [1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈfru.tːa]
Stress: frùtta
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Noun

frutta f (plural frutte)

(collective, uncountable) 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.

Synonym: frutto m

Derived terms

Derived terms

coltello da frutta (“fruit knife”)
frutta a guscio, frutta secca (“nuts still in their shells”) (especially walnuts, almonds, etc)
frutta candita (“candied fruit”)

fruttaiolo (“fruiterer, greengrocer”)
fruttarismo
fruttarlo

Related terms

→

fruttato (“fruity”)
frutteto (“orchard”)

frutticolo (“fruit”) (attributive)
fruttiera (“a fruit dish”)

Descendants

→ Cimbrian: frutta

Verb

frutta

third-person singular present indicative of fruttare
second-person singular imperative of fruttare

References

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