"first fruits" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Middle English firste fruytes, fyrste frutes, furste frutes (โ€œfirst fruitsโ€), equivalent to first + fruits. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|firste fruytes}} Middle English firste fruytes, {{af|en|first|fruits}} first + fruits Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} first fruits pl (plural only)
  1. The first part of a harvest; sometimes made into an offering Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (the first part of a harvest): ensisato (Finnish), uutinen (Finnish), ๐Œฟ๐†๐Œฐ๐‚๐ƒ๐Œบ๐Œฐ๐†๐„๐ƒ (ufarskafts) [feminine] (Gothic), pierwsze ลผniwa [neuter, plural] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-first_fruits-en-noun-Cb7EY8gC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'the first part of a harvest': 91 9
  2. The first profits from an undertaking Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-first_fruits-en-noun-VZD-6hnC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English pluralia tantum, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Gothic translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 41 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Gothic translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: first-fruits, firstfruits

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