apricot
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apricot
- /ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/ UK
- /ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɑt/ US
- /ˈæp.ɹɪ.kɑt/ US
- /æepɹɪˈkɒt/ Australia
- /æepɹɪˈkɔt/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɒt
Where it comes from
Alteration of apricock (with influence from French abricot), itself an alteration of abrecock (with influence from Latin apricum (“sunny place”)), from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abricoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Medieval Greek βερικοκκία (berikokkía, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecocia (literally “(peaches) which ripen early”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “(apple) which ripens early”). Doublet of precocious.
noun apricots · abricock · apricock
- A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside. pickled apricots
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The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.
Similar: apricot tree
- A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
- A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
- The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill. Seven hundred and seventy-eight yards, though I didn't know the exact measurement at the time, plus the fact that the bullet ripped through the victim's apricot tipped me to the fact that we were probably dealing with an experienced sniper.
- A testicle. Hot water has always made my apricots sag.
adjective more apricot · most apricot · abricock · apricock
- Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: apricot tree, peach, salmon pink, yellowish pink, aprium, plum, apricot blossom, apple pear, stone fruit, pluot, persian apple, august plum, persimon, apple, loquat, plumcot
Translations
Every language
noun fruit
| Español | albaricoque, chabacano, damasquillo, albérchigo, alberge, albarcoque |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 살구 salgu |
| 日本語 | 杏子 anzu |
| 中文 | 杏 xìng, 杏子 xìngzi, 杏實 /杏实 xìngshí |
| हिन्दी | ख़ूबानी xūbānī, ख़ुबानी xubānī, ज़र्दालू zardālū, ज़रदालू zardālū, कुश्मालू kuśmālū, कुशमालू kuśmālū |
| Kiswahili | aprikoti |
| Português | damasco, abricó, alperce, alperche, abricoque, abricote |
| Français | abricot |
| Deutsch | Aprikose |
| Italiano | albicocca |
| Ελληνικά | βερίκοκο veríkoko |
| Română | caisă |
| Русский | абрико́с abrikós, жердёла žerdjóla |
| Tiếng Việt | mơ tây, quả mơ |
| العربية | مِشْمِش mišmiš |
| עברית | מִשְׁמֵשׁ mishmesh |
noun tree
| Español | albaricoquero, alberchiguero, albarcoquero, albercoquero, albergero, damasco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 살구나무 salgunamu |
| 中文 | 杏樹 /杏树 xìngshù |
| हिन्दी | ख़ूबानी xūbānī, ख़ुबानी xubānī, ज़र्दालू zardālū, ज़रदालू zardālū, कुश्मालू kuśmālū, कुशमालू kuśmālū |
| Kiswahili | mwaprikoti |
| Português | damasqueiro |
| Français | abricotier |
| Deutsch | Aprikose, Aprikosenbaum |
| Italiano | albicocco |
| Ελληνικά | βερικοκιά verikokiá |
| Română | cais |
| Русский | абрико́с abrikós |
| Tiếng Việt | cây mơ |
noun colour
| Español | albaricoque |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 살구색 salgusaek |
| 日本語 | 杏子色 anzuiro |
| 中文 | 杏色 xìngsè |
| हिन्दी | ख़ूबानी xūbānī, ख़ुबानी xubānī, ज़र्दालू zardālū, ज़रदालू zardālū, कुश्मालू kuśmālū, कुशमालू kuśmālū |
| Português | damasco |
| Français | abricot |
| Deutsch | aprikosenfarben |
| Ελληνικά | κιτρινορόδινο kitrinoródino, βερικοκί verikokí |
| Русский | абрико́совый abrikósovyj |
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title = {apricot},
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