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Espagnol
/ˈfɾuta/
fém.savant
Semi-learned: a fully inherited form would show ch for ct. Fruta (from the plural FRUCTA) is what you eat; fruto is botanical or figurative.
Français
/fʁɥi/
masc.héréditaire
Italien
/ˈfrutta/
fém.héréditaire
Frutta is the collective (from the neuter plural FRUCTA); un frutto is a single fruit.
Portugais
/ˈfɾutɐ/
fém.savant
The inherited shape was Old Portuguese fruito, with -CT- → -it- as in leite; fruta is a semi-learned remake.
Roumain
/frukt/
neutresavant
pluriel: fructe
Usually plural: fructe.
Catalan
/ˈfɾujtə/
fém.héréditaire
Catalan shows the regular -CT- → -it-, as in fet (FACTUM) and nit (NOCTEM).
Anglais
/fɹut/
du latin/français · Old French fruit
L’ancêtre latin
FRŪCTUM‘produce, enjoyment, fruit’
Les six sœurs en descendent, sauf indication contraire ci-dessous.
L’histoire
Spanish and Italian both built a feminine collective from the Latin neuter plural FRUCTA, so la fruta and la frutta mean fruit as food, while el fruto and il frutto keep the singular.
Parents anglais: fruit, fructose, fruition
Lois phonétiques à l’œuvre
L’apprendre
Dans une phrase
- esComo mucha fruta.
- frJe mange beaucoup de fruits.
- itMangio molta frutta.
- ptComo muita fruta.
- roMănânc multe fructe.
- caMenjo molta fruita.
- enI eat a lot of fruit.