"fruit" in sette lingue
Significatofruit
Spagnolo
/ˈfɾuta/
f.dotta
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.
Francese
/fʁɥi/
m.ereditaria
Italiano
/ˈfrutta/
f.ereditaria
Frutta is the collective (from the neuter plural FRUCTA); un frutto is a single fruit.
Portoghese
/ˈfɾutɐ/
f.dotta
The inherited shape was Old Portuguese fruito, with -CT- → -it- as in leite; fruta is a semi-learned remake.
Rumeno
/frukt/
neutrodotta
plurale: fructe
Usually plural: fructe.
Catalano
/ˈfɾujtə/
f.ereditaria
Catalan shows the regular -CT- → -it-, as in fet (FACTUM) and nit (NOCTEM).
Inglese
/fɹut/
dal latino/francese · Old French fruit
L’antenato latino
FRŪCTUM‘produce, enjoyment, fruit’
Tutte e sei le sorelle discendono da questa parola, salvo diversa indicazione qui sotto.
La storia
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.
Parenti inglesi: fruit, fructose, fruition
Leggi fonetiche all’opera
Imparala
In una frase
- 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.