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解説 Definition
fruiting は、植物が実をつける、または結実している状態になることを表す動詞です。花が受粉したあとに果実や種子が形成される過程について使われます。
Fruiting is the present-participle form of the verb fruit and describes a plant producing or developing fruit. It is used for the stage following flowering and successful pollination, when fruits and their seeds begin to form.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 fruit に -ing をそのまま加えた形で、発音は /ˈfruːtɪŋ/ です。ここでは名詞の「果物」ではなく、動詞 fruit「実をつける」の進行形として理解します。start fruiting（結実し始める）、keep fruiting（実をつけ続ける）と、花の後に果実が育つ場面を結びつけましょう。
Begin with the verb fruit, meaning “to produce fruit,” and add -ing without changing the spelling: fruiting, pronounced /ˈfruːtɪŋ/. Picture the sequence flowering, pollination, and then fruiting, when visible fruit begins to develop. Common patterns include start fruiting, keep fruiting, and fruiting earlier than usual. This use is about the plant’s biological process, not simply the presence of fruit in a shop or kitchen. Bearing fruit is a close everyday equivalent, while fruiting is especially natural in gardening, agriculture, and botany.
例文
The apple trees are fruiting earlier than usual this year.
今年はリンゴの木が例年より早く結実しています。
This variety of tomato starts fruiting in early summer.
この品種のトマトは初夏に結実し始めます。
Good sunlight helps the plant keep fruiting for several weeks.
十分な日光は、その植物が数週間にわたって実をつけ続ける助けになります。
fruiting の類義語・関連語
fruiting の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 fructus（果実、収穫の喜び）に由来する fruit に -ing を付けた動名詞形。語根 frui は「享受する」の意。関連語に fructose（果糖）や frugal（質素な＝収穫を大切にする）がある。実を結ぶ過程を表す。
Fruiting is formed regularly from the verb fruit plus -ing. Fruit entered English through Old French from Latin fructus, meaning an enjoyment, product, harvest, or fruit. Fructus was related to the Latin verb frui, “to enjoy.” English later developed fruit as a verb meaning “to bear or produce fruit,” and fruiting consequently names or describes the continuing process in which a plant develops fruit.
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