What does fruitarian mean?
Word: Fruitarian
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Fruitarian means a person who chooses to eat only fruit.
Word origin: An English word from the late 1800s, built on fruit, which came into English from Old French and goes back to Latin fructus.
How do you spell fruitarian?
Syllables: fruit - ar - i - an
Tricky part: The word keeps the whole of fruit at the start, so the u and i stay side by side; frutarian and friutarian are the slips students make.
Watch out for: frutarian, friutarian
Memory tip: Bite into the front of the word and you find a whole fruit: spell that part exactly as you would on a fruit salad menu.
Fruitarian in a sentence
Example 1: My aunt has been a fruitarian for years and packs plums, figs and melon slices for every train trip.
Example 2: Planning a balanced menu takes extra thought for a fruitarian.
Example 3: The cafe added a fruitarian platter of kiwi, grapes and orange slices to its lunch menu.
Fun Fact
Botanists count tomatoes, cucumbers and pea pods as fruits, because they hold a plant's seeds, so a fruitarian's plate can look more varied than you might expect.
Practise the CREST Way
Spellacadabra
Choose the correct option to make a meaningful word:
fruit_____
a) arian
b) arien
c) erian
d) airan
Show answer
a) arian. The ending is the same -arian that closes vegetarian and librarian.
Word Puzzle
Match each word with its meaning:
1. fruitarian 2. gourmet 3. nutritionist a. someone who knows a great deal about fine food and chooses it with care b. an expert who advises people on what to eat to stay healthy c. someone who might lunch on mango, lychees and pears, but never on bread or cheese
a) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
b) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
c) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
d) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
Show answer
b) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b. The gourmet cares about fine food and the nutritionist gives advice on healthy eating, so the fruit-only lunch belongs to the fruitarian.
Sound Check
In which word is 'ui' pronounced differently?
a) juicy
b) building
c) cruise
d) fruitarian
Show answer
b) building. In building the ui sounds like the i in sit; the other three have the oo of moon.
Word Tally
How many words are misspelt in the given sentence?
Since my cousin became a fruitarian, our weekend breakfasts include papaya, pomegranite seeds and a bowl of rasberries, with no toast or cereal in sight.
a) 3
b) 0
c) 2
d) 1
Show answer
c) 2. Pomegranate ends in -ate and raspberries keeps its silent p; fruitarian, papaya and cereal are all correct.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which of these would a fruitarian turn down?
a) a slice of watermelon
b) a ripe banana
c) a bowl of boiled potatoes
d) a handful of cherries
Show answer
c) a bowl of boiled potatoes
2. Which shop would a fruitarian probably visit most often?
a) the greengrocer
b) the butcher
c) the stationer
d) the fishmonger
Show answer
a) the greengrocer
