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
4. (informal, sometimes derogatory, LGBTQ, of a male) Effeminate or otherwise flamboyant or homosexual.
5. (British, informal) Sexually suggestive.

   His text message was filled with fruity language.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:insane

Derived terms

• fruitiness

Translations

containing fruit or fruit flavouring

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

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• 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”)