Fruity — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit

informal or slang terms for mentally irregular

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fɹˈuːɾi/

🇬🇧British English

/fɹˈuːti/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fɹˈuːti/

2 syllables Say it as /fɹˈuːɾi/.

Examples

it used to drive my husband balmy

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dotty loony whacky nutty bats loco cracked buggy balmy daft crackers barmy around the bend nuts bonkers batty round the bend kooky kookie loopy haywire wacky

Parts of Speech

adjective	tasting or smelling richly of or as of fruit
adjective	informal or slang terms for mentally irregular “it used to drive my husband balmy”

Word Forms

fruit	noun	the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
daftness	noun	informal terms for insanity
kook	noun	someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
loon	noun	a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

fruchtig

stark nach Früchten schmecken oder riechen

🇫🇷French

fruité

goûter ou sentir richement le fruit

🇪🇸Spanish

sabroso

sabor u olor rico a o como a fruta

🇮🇹Italian

fruttato

avere un sapore o un odore intenso di o come di frutta

🇳🇱Dutch

fruitig

rijkelijk proeven of ruiken naar of als fruit

🇵🇹Portuguese

frutado

provar ou cheirar ricamente ou como fruta

🇷🇺Russian

фруктовый

вкус или запах фруктов или фруктов

India

🇮🇳Hindi

फल

फल का भरपूर स्वाद या गंध

🇧🇩Bengali

ফল

স্বাদ বা গন্ধ প্রচুর পরিমাণে বা ফলের মতো

🇮🇳Tamil

பழங்கள்

பழங்களின் சுவை அல்லது மணம்

🇮🇳Telugu

పండు

పండు యొక్క గొప్ప రుచి లేదా వాసన

🇮🇳Marathi

फळ

फळाचा किंवा त्याप्रमाणे भरपूर चव घेणे किंवा वास घेणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફળ

ફળનો અથવા તેના જેવા સમૃદ્ધપણે સ્વાદ લેવો અથવા સુગંધ લેવો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹಣ್ಣಿನಂತಹ

ಸಮೃದ್ಧವಾಗಿ ಅಥವಾ ಹಣ್ಣಿನಂತೆ ರುಚಿ ಅಥವಾ ವಾಸನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫലവത്തായ

സമൃദ്ധമായി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ പഴങ്ങളുടെ രുചിയോ മണമോ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਫਲ

ਫਲਾਂ ਦਾ ਜਾਂ ਇਸ ਦੇ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਚੱਖਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਸੁੰਘਣਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

پھل

پھلوں کا یا اس کی طرح چکھنا یا سونگھنا

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

果味的

尝起来或闻起来有浓郁的水果味

🇯🇵Japanese

フルーティーな

果物の、または果物のような豊かな味または香り

🇰🇷Korean

과일 같은

과일을 풍부하게 맛보거나 냄새를 맡음

🇻🇳Vietnamese

có mùi trái cây

nếm hoặc ngửi mùi thơm của trái cây

🇹🇭Thai

ฟรุ๊ตตี้

ชิมหรือได้กลิ่นมากหรือเหมือนผลไม้

🇮🇩Indonesian

buah

mencicipi atau berbau kaya atau seperti buah

🇵🇭Filipino

prutas

pagtikim o pag-amoy ng masaganang o bilang ng prutas

🇲🇾Malay

buah-buahan

merasa atau berbau banyak atau seperti buah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

فاكهي

تذوق أو رائحة غنية بالفاكهة أو مثلها

🇮🇷Persian

میوه ای

مزه یا بوی غنی از میوه یا مانند میوه

🇹🇷Turkish

meyveli

meyve gibi zengin bir tat veya kokuya sahip olmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

עֲסִיסִי

טעם או ריח עשיר של פירות או כמו של פירות

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