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fruits

/fɹuːts/

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noun

Fruits

(often in the plural) In general, a product of plant growth useful to man or animals.

Examples :

"The farmer harvested many fruits, like apples and oranges, to sell at the market. "

L'agriculteur a récolté de nombreux fruits, comme des pommes et des oranges, pour les vendre au marché.

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noun

Fruits

Specifically, a sweet, edible part of a plant that resembles seed-bearing fruit (see next sense), even if it does not develop from a floral ovary; also used in a technically imprecise sense for some sweet or sweetish vegetables, such as the petioles of rhubarb, that resemble a true fruit or are used in cookery as if they were a fruit.

Examples :

"Even though rhubarb is technically a vegetable, many people treat it as one of the fruits they use to bake pies. "

Bien que la rhubarbe soit techniquement un légume, beaucoup de gens la traitent comme l'un des fruits qu'ils utilisent pour faire des tartes.

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noun

Fruits

A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically:

Examples :

"The farmer carefully harvested the fruits (tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers) from his garden after the blossoms were pollinated. "

L'agriculteur a soigneusement récolté les fruits (tomates, poivrons et concombres) de son jardin après la pollinisation des fleurs.

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noun

Résultat, conséquence

An end result, effect, or consequence; advantageous or disadvantageous result.

Examples :

"His long nights in the office eventually bore fruit when his business boomed and he was given a raise."

Ses longues nuits au bureau ont finalement porté leurs fruits lorsque son entreprise a prospéré et qu'il a obtenu une augmentation.

outcome achievement

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Fruité, de fruit

Of, belonging to, related to, or having fruit or its characteristics; (of living things) producing or consuming fruit.

Examples :

"the fresh-squeezed fruit juice; a fruit salad; an artificial fruit flavor; a fruit tree; a fruit bat"

le jus de fruit fraîchement pressé ; une salade de fruits ; un arôme artificiel de fruit ; un arbre fruitier ; une chauve-souris frugivore

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noun

Homosexuel, pédé

A homosexual man; an effeminate man.

Examples :

"Some people in the old movie claimed the main character was a fruit, meaning he was a homosexual man. "

Certaines personnes dans le vieux film affirmaient que le personnage principal était un pédé, ce qui signifiait qu'il était un homme homosexuel.

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Descendants, enfants

Offspring from a sexual union.

Examples :

"Blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb."

Tu es bénie entre toutes les femmes, et le fruit de tes entrailles est béni.

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verb

Fructifier, donner des fruits

To produce fruit, seeds, or spores.

Examples :

"The apple tree is expected to fruit heavily this year due to the good weather. "

Le pommier devrait fructifier abondamment cette année grâce au beau temps.

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