🇫🇷 How to say

“fruit” in French

fruit
Illustration of "fruit" in a French cultural setting
A wooden market stall holds a vibrant pile of fresh fruit, including bright red apples, yellow bananas, and a bunch of purple grapes spilling from a brown paper bag.

Usage note

In French, 'fruit' is a masculine noun, so you use 'un fruit' for 'a fruit'. It's a very common word used for all kinds of fruit, just like in English.

Examples

  • Je mange un fruit chaque matin.

    I eat a fruit every morning.

  • Ce fruit est très sucré.

    This fruit is very sweet.

  • Achète des fruits au marché.

    Buy some fruit at the market.

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What does "fruit" mean?

  • A. fruit
  • B. wind
  • C. second
  • D. female student

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