basic vocabulary: fruit and vegetables


American English. Note that in British English we say ‘aubergine’ and ‘courgette’ for ‘eggplant’ and ‘zucchini’

Apple
Banana
Cherry
Date
Eggplant (aubergine)
Fig
Grape
Hazelnut
Indian jujube
Jackfruit
Kiwi
Lemon
Mango
Nectarine
Orange
Peach
Quince
Raspberry
Strawberry
Tomato
Ume
Vanilla
Watermelon
Texas Persimmons
Yam
Zucchini (courgette)

4 comments

  1. profanglais says:

    Hi Lambert,

    they are not words that I use a lot!
    Jackfruit is fruit de jacquier
    Jujube is jujube in French! I don’t know what it tastes like – check out the wiki entry here
    Texas Persimmons: kaki

  2. lambert says:

    texas persimmons
    indianjujube
    jackfruit quest-ce en français, merci

  3. I liked the “It’s a Date” bit… Enough to make me laugh! :P

  4. Anissa Hached says:

    Bonjour, je suis désolée mais je n’arrive plus à suivre les leçons. C’est très compliqué. Pourriez vous m’aider

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