frutta

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Italian frutta, from Late Latin fructa, from Italian fructus. Doublet of frütten.

Noun

frutta f

(Luserna) fruit
Synonyms: frütten, òbas

References

Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfrut.ta/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -utta
Hyphenation: frùt‧ta

Etymology 1

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

Noun

frutta f (usually uncountable, plural frutte, diminutive (uncommon) frutterèlla)

(collective, uncountable) fruit (food)
Synonym: frutto

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.
(regional, countable) a fruit
- 1926, Franco Silvestri (lyrics and music), “'Na gita a li Castelli”:
  Li prati a tutto spiano // so' frutte, vigne e grano, // s'annamo a mette lì, // Nannì, Nannì.
  The meadows all around // are fruits, vineyards and grain, // we're going there // Nannì, Nannì.

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 (relational)”)
fruttiera (“a fruit dish”)

Descendants

→ Cimbrian: frutta

Verb

frutta

inflection of fruttare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

frutta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

References

frutta in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore

Sardinian

Etymology

From Late Latin fructa, from Latin fructus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfrutta/

Noun

frutta f

(collective, uncountable) fruit (food)
Synonym: fruttu, pomu

Derived terms

fruttare

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