adj
Meaning 1
Resembling fruit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The chewing gum had a fruitlike fragrance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fruitlike
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin frūctus Old French fruitbor. Middle English fruyt English fruit Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English fruitlike From fruit + -like.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: fruitachtig — resembling fruit
- German: obstähnlich — resembling fruit