Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breadfruit

/ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: bread-fruit
IPA: /ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Artocarpus altilis of evergreen trees, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.

noun

The large round fruit of this tree.

Example Sentences

"On our return we stopped at Mr. Wijeysakera's home, quaffed the juice of King Cocoanut, looked through his extensive grounds, and saw several kinds of palm, the breadfruit-tree, the jackfruit-tree, the nux-vomica-tree, pimento or allspice shrub, nutmeg-tree, pineapples of different varieties."
"There is also a fine tract of guano, inland, where grow limes, oranges, breadfruit and mummy-apples."

Etymology

Calque of taxonomic name Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)).

Inflected Forms

breadfruits (plural)

Phrases

African breadfruit (Artocarpus treculianus and Treculia africana false breadfruit highland breadfruit Mexican breadfruit seeded breadfruit

Synonyms

breadfruit tree artocarpus communis artocarpus altilis

Questions

How do you pronounce breadfruit?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹɛdfɹuːt/.
What does breadfruit mean?: Any member of the species Artocarpus altilis of evergreen trees, native to islands of the east Indian Ocean and western Pacific Ocean.
Where does breadfruit come from?: Calque of taxonomic name Artocarpus; by surface analysis, bread (calque of ἄρτος (ártos)) + fruit (calque of κᾰρπός (kărpós)).

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