forbidden fruit

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• Received-Pronunciation: /fəˈbɪ.dn̩ fɹuːt/
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• General-American: /fɚˈbɪ.dn̩ fɹut/
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With reference to Genesis 2:17: ‘But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ (KJV)

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: verbode vrug — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Arabic: فَاكِهَة مُحَرَّمَة — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Catalan: fruita prohibida — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Chinese Mandarin: 禁果 (jìnguǒ) — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Dutch: verboden vrucht — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Estonian: keelatud vili — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Finnish: kielletty hedelmä — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• French: fruit défendu — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Georgian: აკრძალული ხილი (aḳrʒaluli xili) — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• German: verbotene Frucht — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Greek: απαγορευμένος καρπός (apagorevménos karpós) — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Ancient Greek: ἀπαγορευμένος καρπός (apagoreuménos karpós) — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Hebrew: הַפְּרִי הָאָסוּר (haprí haasúr) — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Hungarian: tiltott gyümölcs — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Icelandic: forboðinn ávöxstur — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Indonesian: buah khuldi — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Polish: zakazany owoc — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Portuguese: fruto proibido — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Russian: запре́тный плод (zaprétnyj plod) — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Serbo-Croatian: забрањено воће — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Serbo-Croatian: zabranjeno voće — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Spanish: fruto prohibido — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Swedish: förbjuden frukt — the fruit forbidden to Adam
• Afrikaans: verbode vrug — illicit pleasure
• Chinese Mandarin: 偷歡 /偷欢 (tōuhuān) — illicit pleasure
• Finnish: kielletty hedelmä — illicit pleasure
• Georgian: აკრძალული ხილი (aḳrʒaluli xili) — illicit pleasure
• Hungarian: tiltott gyümölcs — illicit pleasure
• Polish: zakazany owoc — illicit pleasure
• Portuguese: fruto proibido — illicit pleasure
• Russian: запре́тный плод (zaprétnyj plod) — illicit pleasure
• Spanish: fruto prohibido — illicit pleasure
• Swedish: förbjuden frukt — illicit pleasure