Dictionary

forbidden fruit en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /fɚˈbɪ.dn̩ fɹut/ (General-American)
• /fəˈbɪ.dn̩ fɹuːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

With reference to Genesis 2:17: ‘But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.’ (KJV)

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The fruit forbidden to Adam.
2. (countable, idiomatic, uncountable) Illicit pleasure.
3. (countable, uncountable) Something desired that cannot be had.
   • She was forbidden fruit because she was his teacher. This taboo made him want a relationship with her even more.
4. (countable, uncountable) A small variety of shaddock (Citrus maxima), or sometimes other citrus fruits.

Forms

Deriveds

forbidden fruit is the sweetest · the forbidden fruit tastes the sweetest

Relateds

Adam's apple · Garden of Eden · original sin

Translations (33)

sh забрањено воће (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · cmn 禁果 (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · et keelatud vili (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · pl zakazany owoc (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · ka აკრძალული ხილი (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · ru запре́тный плод (illicit pleasure) · id buah khuldi (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · pl zakazany owoc (illicit pleasure) · af verbode vrug (illicit pleasure) · af verbode vrug (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · ka აკრძალული ხილი (illicit pleasure) · sv förbjuden frukt (illicit pleasure) · fi kielletty hedelmä (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · hu tiltott gyümölcs (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · pt fruto proibido (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · ar فَاكِهَة مُحَرَّمَة (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · de verbotene Frucht (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · is forboðinn ávöxstur (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · el απαγορευμένος καρπός (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · he הַפְּרִי הָאָסוּר (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · nl verboden vrucht (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · pt fruto proibido (illicit pleasure) · hu tiltott gyümölcs (illicit pleasure) · fi kielletty hedelmä (illicit pleasure) · ca fruita prohibida (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · grc ἀπαγορευμένος καρπός (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · sv förbjuden frukt (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · fr fruit défendu (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · sh zabranjeno voće (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · es fruto prohibido (the fruit forbidden to Adam) · cmn 偷歡 /偷欢 (illicit pleasure) · es fruto prohibido (illicit pleasure) · ru запре́тный плод (the fruit forbidden to Adam)