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fruitful

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈfɹuːtfl̩/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Favourable to the growth of fruit or useful vegetation; not barren.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fructive, fructuous

Antonyms: barren, infertile, unfruitful

Broader terms: fertile

2

adj

Meaning 2

Being productive in any sense; yielding benefits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The extra work in the office turned out to be fruitful after all—I got promoted

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: productive, prolific, pregnant, batful, fertile, fruitful, thriving, yielding, yieldly, voluminous

Antonyms: unfruitful

3

adjective

Meaning 3

productive or conducive to producing in abundance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • be fruitful and multiply

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unfruitful

History

Etymology

From Middle English fruitefull, equivalent to fruit + -ful. Compare Dutch vruchtvol, German fruchtvoll, Swedish fruktfull.

Across languages

Translations

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: emankor — favorable to the growth
  • Bulgarian: плодоро́ден (plodoróden) — favorable to the growth
  • Catalan: pomífer — favorable to the growth
  • Catalan: fèrtil — favorable to the growth
  • Danish: frugtbar — favorable to the growth
  • Dutch: vruchtbaar — favorable to the growth
  • Esperanto: fruktoporta — favorable to the growth
  • Estonian: viljakas — favorable to the growth
  • Finnish: viljava — favorable to the growth
  • Finnish: hedelmällinen — favorable to the growth
  • Georgian: ნაყოფიერი (naq̇opieri) — favorable to the growth
  • German: fruchtbar — favorable to the growth
  • Greek: εύφορος (éfforos) — favorable to the growth
  • Hebrew: פּוֹרֶה (poré) — favorable to the growth
  • Hungarian: termékeny — favorable to the growth
  • Ido: fruktifanta — favorable to the growth
  • Irish: torthúil — favorable to the growth
  • Irish: méiniúil — favorable to the growth
  • Irish: méith — favorable to the growth
  • Italian: fertile — favorable to the growth
  • Latin: ferax — favorable to the growth
  • Latvian: rasmīgs — favorable to the growth
  • Latvian: auglīgs — favorable to the growth
  • Latvian: ražīgs — favorable to the growth
  • Māori: oho — favorable to the growth
  • Norwegian: fruktbar — favorable to the growth
  • Plautdietsch: fruchtboa — favorable to the growth
  • Portuguese: fértil — favorable to the growth
  • Portuguese: frutífero — favorable to the growth
  • Romanian: roditor — favorable to the growth
  • Romanian: rodnic — favorable to the growth
  • Romanian: fertil — favorable to the growth
  • Russian: плодоно́сный (plodonósnyj) — favorable to the growth
  • Russian: плодоро́дный (plodoródnyj) — favorable to the growth
  • Slovene: rodoviten — favorable to the growth
  • Spanish: fértil — favorable to the growth
  • Telugu: ఫలవంతము (phalavantamu) — favorable to the growth
  • Ukrainian: плі́дний (plídnyj) — favorable to the growth
  • Ukrainian: плодови́тий (plodovýtyj) — favorable to the growth
  • Ukrainian: плодоно́сний (plodonósnyj) — favorable to the growth
  • Basque: emankor — productive, yielding benefits
  • Bulgarian: плодовит (plodovit) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Bulgarian: плодотворен (plodotvoren) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Catalan: fèrtil — productive, yielding benefits
  • Catalan: productiu — productive, yielding benefits
  • Catalan: pomífer — productive, yielding benefits
  • Catalan: fructífer — productive, yielding benefits
  • Danish: frugtbar — productive, yielding benefits
  • Dutch: vruchtbaar — productive, yielding benefits
  • Esperanto: fruktoporta — productive, yielding benefits
  • Estonian: viljakas — productive, yielding benefits
  • Finnish: viljava — productive, yielding benefits
  • Finnish: antoisa — productive, yielding benefits
  • French: fructueux — productive, yielding benefits
  • German: fruchtbar — productive, yielding benefits
  • Greek: καρποφόρος (karpofóros) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Ancient Greek: καρπόφορος (karpóphoros) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Hungarian: gyümölcsöző — productive, yielding benefits
  • Hungarian: eredményes — productive, yielding benefits
  • Hungarian: termékeny — productive, yielding benefits
  • Hungarian: produktív — productive, yielding benefits
  • Ingrian: tulokas — productive, yielding benefits
  • Italian: proficuo — productive, yielding benefits
  • Italian: fruttuoso — productive, yielding benefits
  • Italian: produttivo — productive, yielding benefits
  • Latin: fēcundus — productive, yielding benefits
  • Latvian: produktīvs — productive, yielding benefits
  • Latvian: ražīgs — productive, yielding benefits
  • Latvian: auglīgs — productive, yielding benefits
  • Latvian: rezultatīvs — productive, yielding benefits
  • Māori: makuru — productive, yielding benefits
  • Māori: huākumu — productive, yielding benefits
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fruktbar — productive, yielding benefits
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fruktbar — productive, yielding benefits
  • Plautdietsch: fruchtboa — productive, yielding benefits
  • Polish: owocny — productive, yielding benefits
  • Portuguese: produtivo — productive, yielding benefits
  • Portuguese: frutuoso — productive, yielding benefits
  • Romanian: fructuos — productive, yielding benefits
  • Russian: плодотво́рный (plodotvórnyj) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Russian: продукти́вный (produktívnyj) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Russian: производи́тельный (proizvodítelʹnyj) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Russian: эффекти́вный (effektívnyj) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Russian: принося́щий хоро́шие результа́ты (prinosjáščij xoróšije rezulʹtáty) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Sanskrit: सफल (saphala) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Slovene: ploden — productive, yielding benefits
  • Spanish: fértil — productive, yielding benefits
  • Spanish: prolífico — productive, yielding benefits
  • Spanish: productivo — productive, yielding benefits
  • Spanish: fructífero — productive, yielding benefits
  • Ukrainian: продукти́вний (produktývnyj) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Ukrainian: плі́дний (plídnyj) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Ukrainian: плодотво́рний (plodotvórnyj) — productive, yielding benefits
  • Uzbek: hosildor — productive, yielding benefits