frutta
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Italian frutta, from Late Latin fructa, from Italian fructus. Doublet of frütten.
Noun edit
frutta f
References edit
- 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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Late Latin fructa, from Latin fructus. [1]
Noun edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
- fruttato (“fruity”)
- frutteto (“orchard”)
- frutticolo (“fruit (relational)”)
- fruttiera (“a fruit dish”)
Descendants edit
- → Cimbrian: frutta
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
frutta
- inflection of fruttare:
Further reading edit
- frutta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
References edit
Sardinian edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin fructa, from Latin fructus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
frutta f
- (collective, uncountable) fruit (food)