different between fruiten vs fruiter

English

Etymology

From fruit +? -en.

Verb

fruiten (third-person singular simple present fruitens, present participle fruitening, simple past and past participle fruitened)

1. (transitive) To make fruitful.
2. (intransitive) To become full of fruit.

Derived terms

• fruitening

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?frœy?.t?(n)/
• Hyphenation: frui?ten
• Rhymes: -œy?t?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch fruten, older friten (“to fry”), from Old French frit, past participle of frire (“to fry”). Folk-etymologically influenced by fruit.

Verb

fruiten

1. (ergative) To fry in boiling fat (now chiefly of culinary vegetables in small volumes of fat).

Inflection

Synonyms

• fruiteren (outdated)

Derived terms

• fruitertje
• fruitpan

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

fruiten

1. plural of fruit

English

Etymology

fruit +? -er

Noun

fruiter (plural fruiters)

1. Any organism that fruits.
2. (historical) A ship for transporting fruit.

Anagrams

• turfier

Catalan

Etymology

fruita +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /f?uj?te/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /f?uj?te?/

Adjective

fruiter (feminine fruitera, masculine plural fruiters, feminine plural fruiteres)

1. fruit-bearing

Noun

fruiter m (plural fruiters)

1. fruit tree