bergamot
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bergamot¹
- /ˈbɝɡəˌmɑt/ US
- /ˈbɜːɡəˌmɒt/ UK
Where it comes from
From French bergamote, from Italian bergamotta, from Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی (beg armudu, literally “a lord's pear”), denoting a fattish kind of pear. The European word developed the sense of a fruit of a certain citrus cultivar in the late 17th century.
noun bergamots
- A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
- The fruit from the bergamot tree.
- The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
- A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. The better hand […] gives the nose its bergamot.
- Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
- Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
- A variety of pear. One of my Neighbours has a Bergamot Pear Tree, that was brought from England in a Box , about the Year 1643
bergamot²
- /ˈbɝɡəˌmɑt/ US
- /ˈbɜːɡəˌmɒt/ UK
Where it comes from
From Bergamo.
noun bergamots
- A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
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noun fruit
| 中文 | 香檸檬 /香柠檬 xiāng níngméng, 香柑 xiānggān, 香檸檬橙 /香柠檬橙 xiāngníngméng-chéng |
|---|---|
| Português | bergamota |
| Français | bergamote |
| Italiano | bergamotto |
| Ελληνικά | περγαμόντο pergamónto |
| Română | bergamotă |
| Русский | бергамот bergamot |
noun tree
| 日本語 | ベルガモット berugamotto |
|---|---|
| Português | bergamoteira |
| Ελληνικά | περγαμοντιά pergamontiá |
| Русский | бергамот bergamot |
Talk about this word "bergamot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bergamot. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bergamot. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bergamot "bergamot." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bergamot.Cite this
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title = {bergamot},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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