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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fruit-bearing

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.06 in modern English

Syllables
fruit-bear-ing
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or process of bearing or producing fruit.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of a species of tree, a specific tree, a branch, etc., bearing fruit.

adj

Productive, rewarding, or beneficial.

Etymology

From Middle English *fruit-berende, *fruit-berand (found in compounds: olife froite berand, oliue fruitberand), equivalent to fruit + bearing. Compare Old English wæstmbǣre (literally “fruit-bearing”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *fruit-berende

Usage

Inflected Forms

fruit-bearings (plural) fruitbearing (alternative)

Synonyms

fructiferous

Questions

What does fruit-bearing mean?
The act or process of bearing or producing fruit.
Where does fruit-bearing come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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