🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

과일

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gwail

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fruit/fruːt/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"나는 아침마다 과일을 먹습니다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The sweet and fleshy product of a tree or other plant that contains seed and can be eaten as food.

    "She peeled a piece of fresh fruit for her afternoon snack."
  2. 2

    The result or reward of a work or activity.

    "The successful project was the fruit of many months of hard labor."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'fruit' originates from the Latin 'fructus', meaning 'enjoyment, produce, or profit', which evolved through Old French 'fruit' before entering Middle English. The term has historically referred to the edible parts of plants that develop from flowers.

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