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fructus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • delight noun A feeling of great pleasure or joy.
  • effect noun A change that is the result or consequence of something else.
  • enjoyment noun A feeling of pleasure or satisfaction taken from something.
  • fruit noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
  • income noun Money received regularly, especially from work, business, or investments.
  • output noun The amount of something produced, especially over a given period.
  • produce verb To make or create something, especially in large quantities.
  • product noun Something made or manufactured to be sold or used.
  • profit noun The financial gain made after subtracting costs from revenue.
  • result verb To happen as a consequence of something else.
  • return verb To come or go back to a place, or to give something back to its owner.
  • reward noun Something given in return for good behaviour, effort, or service.
  • satisfaction noun A feeling of contentment or fulfillment that comes from getting what you need or want.
  • success noun The achievement of a goal or desired result.
  • yield verb To produce or give as a result, especially a crop, profit, or outcome.

Senses

fructus is used for these senses in English:

  • delight Joy; pleasure.
  • effect (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
  • enjoyment (uncountable) The condition of enjoying anything.
  • fruit The seed-bearing part of a plant; often edible, colourful, fragrant, and sweet or sour; produced from a floral ovary after fertilization.
  • fruit (dated, colloquial, derogatory) A homosexual man; (derogatory, figurative) an effeminate man. [from 1900]
  • income Money one earns by working or by capitalising on the work of others.
  • output (economics) Production; quantity produced, created, or completed.
  • produce That which is produced.

delight — full definition

  1. noun A feeling of great pleasure or joy.
  2. verb To give someone great pleasure or joy.

effect — full definition

  1. noun A change that is the result or consequence of something else.
  2. verb To bring about; to cause to happen.

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