fructifer

See also: fructífer

Latin

Etymology

From frūctus + fer (“-carrying”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfruːk.tɪ.fɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfruk.ti.fer]

Adjective

frūctifer (feminine frūctifera, neuter frūctiferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. fructiferous (bearing fruit)
2. fruitful

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	frūctifer	frūctifera	frūctiferum		frūctiferī	frūctiferae	frūctifera
genitive	frūctiferī	frūctiferae	frūctiferī		frūctiferōrum	frūctiferārum	frūctiferōrum
dative	frūctiferō	frūctiferae	frūctiferō		frūctiferīs
accusative	frūctiferum	frūctiferam	frūctiferum		frūctiferōs	frūctiferās	frūctifera
ablative	frūctiferō	frūctiferā	frūctiferō		frūctiferīs
vocative	frūctifer	frūctifera	frūctiferum		frūctiferī	frūctiferae	frūctifera

Descendants

• → Catalan: fructífer (learned)

References

• “fructifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fructifer”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin fructus

Latin -i-lbor.

French -i-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *bʰorós

Proto-Italic *-foros

Latin -ferlbor.

French -fère

French fructifèrebor.

Romanian fructifer

Borrowed from French fructifère. By surface analysis, fruct + -ifer.

Adjective

fructifer m or n (feminine singular fructiferă, masculine plural fructiferi, feminine/neuter plural fructifere)

1. fructiferous

Declension

Declension of fructifer

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	fructifer		fructiferă	fructiferi	fructifere
	definite	fructiferul		fructifera	fructiferii	fructiferele
genitive- dative	indefinite	fructifer		fructifere	fructiferi	fructifere
	definite	fructiferului		fructiferei	fructiferilor	fructiferelor