fruity

English

Etymology

From fruit +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹuːti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uːti

Adjective

fruity (comparative fruitier, superlative fruitiest)

1. Containing fruit or fruit flavoring.

   That moist and fruity dish is simply delectable.

2. Similar to fruit or tasting of fruit.
3. (informal) Crazy.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insane

4. (informal, sometimes derogatory, chiefly US, of a male) Effeminate, flamboyant; homosexual.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:gay

5. (informal, UK) Sexually suggestive.

   Synonyms: racy, risqué

   His text message was filled with fruity language.

Derived terms

• fruitily
• fruitiness
• fruity in the booty
• unfruity

Translations

containing fruit or fruit flavouring

• Armenian: մրգային (mrgayin)
• Bulgarian: плодов (plodov)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 果味的 (guǒwèi de)

• Danish: frugtagtig, med frugtsmag
• Finnish: hedelmäinen (fi)
• French: fruité (fr)
• German: fruchtig (de)
• Greek: φρουτώδης (el) (froutódis)
• Hungarian: gyümölcsös (hu)
• Italian: fruttato (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fruktig

  Nynorsk: fruktig

• Polish: owocowy (pl)
• Spanish: afrutado (es)
• Turkish: meyveli (tr)

Noun

fruity (plural fruities)

1. Alternative form of fruitie (“fruit machine”)