Fruits פירות

19 Hebrew words on fruits — with pictures, native audio and example sentences. At the market and the supermarket.

English	Hebrew	Note
fruit	פרי	⚠️ IrregularIrregular plural: פירות. Citrus is פרי הדר.
apple	תפוח	A potato is literally an 'earth apple': תפוח אדמה.
orange	תפוז	🔗 RootA blend of תפוח זהב — 'golden apple'.
banana	בננה
strawberry	תות	Short for תות שדה, 'field berry'. תות on its own originally means mulberry.
grapes	ענבים	A plural — a single grape is ענב.
watermelon	אבטיח	🔗 RootCognate with Arabic baṭṭīkh.
melon	מלון	👓 Same spellingSame letters as מלון, 'hotel' — melón the fruit, malón the hotel.
peach	אפרסק	🔗 RootFrom Greek persikón, 'Persian fruit' — the same source as English 'peach'.
pear	אגס
pineapple	אננס	The international 'ananas' — English 'pineapple' is the odd one out.
mango	מנגו
lemon	לימון	🔗 RootA cognate of 'lemon'. Lemonade is לימונדה.
cherry	דובדבן	In the idiom הדובדבן שבקצפת — 'the cherry on the whipped cream'.
coconut	קוקוס	Often אגוז קוקוס, literally 'coconut nut'.
pomegranate	רימון	🔀 Several meaningsAlso a grenade — the same fruit-to-weapon shift as Spanish granada.
fig	תאנה	One of the biblical Seven Species, שבעת המינים. ⚠️ GenderPlural תאנים — a masculine-looking ־ים on a feminine noun.
date	תמר	Also a common Israeli given name, Tamar.
avocado	אבוקדו