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fruit

fruit

noun FRWEE Less Common

Also means

result

Usage Note

Fruit is used both literally (food) and figuratively — le fruit de son travail ('the fruit of one's labor'). The final -t is silent. In the figurative sense, fruits can refer to results or rewards. Fruits de mer ('seafood', literally 'fruits of the sea') is a well-known culinary term.

Examples

"Elle mange un fruit chaque matin."

Natural Translation

She eats a piece of fruit every morning.

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