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fructueux

fruitful

adjective frook-TYUH Rare
Descriptions & Qualities Quality

Origin: Latin fructuosus, 'full of fruit'

Also means

profitable

Usage Note

Fructueux describes an activity that yields good results, whether financial or intellectual — a collaboration fructueuse is a productive partnership. The feminine is fructueuse. It is a formal register word; in everyday speech French speakers more often say productif or rentable.

Examples

"Ces négociations ont été très fructueuses."

Natural Translation

These negotiations were very fruitful.

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