fruitarian
/fɹuˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/noun, adjective
fruitarian is a noun meaning “A variant of vegetarian who intends to be limited to eating only such parts of plants whose consumption does not kill the plant (such as fruits…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-R-U-I-T-A-R-I-A-N and has 4 syllables, and it appears about once in every 38 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of fruitarian is fruitarians.
What does fruitarian mean?
noun
- 1
A variant of vegetarian who intends to be limited to eating only such parts of plants whose consumption does not kill the plant (such as fruits, vegetables that can be compared to fruit, nuts and grain, but not for example tubers).
adjective
- 1
Related to fruitarianism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce fruitarian?
- UK /fɹuːˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/
- US /fɹuˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/
Fruitarian has 4 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Rho9998-fruitarian.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of fruitarian
- fruitarians plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is fruitarian?
Fruitarian appears about once in every 38 million words in written English, the 189,524th 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).
Fruitarian in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense variant of vegetarian:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Fruktarier, Fruitarier, Fructarier, Frutaner, Fruitaner, Fruganer |
| Spanish | frutariano |
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 fruitarian come from?
From fruit + -arian. First attested circa 1890.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).