Standard Lemma guide

usufruct

noun · verb · 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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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈjuːz(j)ʊfɹʌkt/
  • General-American: yo͞oʹzə-frŭkt'
  • General-American: -sə-
  • General-American: /ˈjuzəˌfɹəkt/
  • General-American: /-sə-/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person, as long as the property is not damaged.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: also, figuratively

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a legal right to use and derive profit from property belonging to someone else provided that the property itself is not injured in any way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: legal right

History

Etymology

From Late Latin ūsufrūctus, from ūsus + frūctus (“usage of the fruits of production”). Cognate with French usufruit, Italian usufrutto, usofrutto, Occitan usufrug, Portuguese usufruto, Spanish usufructo.

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ուզուսֆրուկտուս (uzusfruktus) — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Basque: usufruktu — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Bulgarian: право на ползване (pravo na polzvane) — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Catalan: usdefruit — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 用益物權 /用益物权 — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Dutch: vruchtgebruik — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Esperanto: fruktuzo — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Finnish: nautintaoikeus — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • French: usufruit — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Galician: usufruto — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Georgian: უზუფრუქტი (uzuprukṭi) — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • German: Nutznießung — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • German: Nießbrauch — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • German: Fruchtgenussrecht — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • German: Fruchtgenuss — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Greek: επικαρπία (epikarpía) — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Hungarian: haszonélvezet — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Hungarian: haszonélvezeti jog — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Icelandic: afnotaréttur — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Icelandic: nýtingarréttur — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Indonesian: hak pakai hasil — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Italian: usufrutto — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Italian: usofrutto — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Latin: ūsus-fructus — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Latin: ūsus et fructus — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Latin: usufructus — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Lithuanian: uzufruktas — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Mongolian: узуфрукт (uzufrukt) — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Occitan: usufruch — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Occitan: usufrug — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Persian: حق انتفاع — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Polish: użytkowanie — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Portuguese: usufruto — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Romanian: drept de uz — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Russian: узуфру́кт (uzufrúkt) — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Spanish: usufructo — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Swedish: nyttjanderätt — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Tagalog: usuprukto — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Thai: สิทธิเก็บกิน (sìt-tí-gèp-gin) — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Turkish: intifa hakkı — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Ukrainian: узуфрукт (uzufrukt) — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Welsh: wswffrwct — legal right to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Catalan: usufructuar — to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Catalan: usdefruitar — to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • German: nutznießen — to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person
  • Polish: użytkować — to use and derive profit or benefit from property that belongs to another person