Food & drink

fruit

Source:*ovotjьProto-Slavic · “fruit (also neuter *ovotje)”certain

*tj gave Polish and Czech c and BCS ć: owoc, ovoce, voće.

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English

fruit

Polish

owoc

ˈɔvɔts

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
фруктfrukt
fruktdifferent word · Latin fructus, via German or Polish
The inherited word survives as о́вощ, which now means 'vegetable'.
Ukrainian
фруктfrukt
fruktdifferent word · Latin fructus, via German or Polish
Polish
owoc
ˈɔvɔtsinherited
Czech
ovoce
ˈovotsɛinherited
A collective noun: 'fruit' as a mass.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
voćeвоће
ˈvotɕeinherited
A collective noun, with the initial o lost.
English
fruit

Russian о́вощ “vegetable (usually plural о́вощи)”Ukrainian о́воч “vegetable (usually plural о́вочі)”Polish owoc “fruit”Czech ovoce “fruit (collective)”Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian voće “fruit (collective)”
Russian 'fruit' is фру́кты, Ukrainian фру́кти; 'vegetables' are Polish warzywa, Czech zelenina, BCS povrće.