fructify
/ˈfɹʌktɪfaɪ/verb
fructify is a verb meaning “To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-U-C-T-I-F-Y, and it appears about once in every 81 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does fructify mean?
verb
- 1
To bear fruit; to generate useful products or ideas.
- 2
To make productive or fruitful.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fructify?
- /ˈfɹʌktɪfaɪ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-fructify.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fructify
- fructifies present, singular, he/she/it
- fructifying participle, present
- fructified participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fructify?
Fructify appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Fructify in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to bear fruit:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fructifier |
| Spanish | fructificar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does fructify come from?
Borrowed into Middle English from Old French fructefier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).