albercoc

Catalan

Alternative forms

• abercoc, abircoc, abrecoc, abrecroc, abricoc, abricot, albaricoc, albecroc, albericoc, albricoc, ambercoc, aubericoc, aurecoc, baracoc, benacroc, bercoc, bericoc, bricoc, bricot, brioc, mercoc, obrecoc, ubercoc, abrebaracoc

Etymology

From Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”). Doublet of precoç.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [əl.βərˈko̞k]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əl.bərˈkɔk]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [əl.βərˈkɔk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.beɾˈkɔk]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [al.βerˈkɔk]

• Audio (Valencia):

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Noun

albercoc m (plural albercocs)

1. apricot

Derived terms

• albercoquer

Descendants

• → English: abrecock, apricock, apricot
• → Middle French: abricot
  • French: abricot
    • → Basque: abrikot
    • → Portuguese: abricote, abricó
  • → Dutch: abrikoos (via abricots (plural)) (see there for further descendants)
• → Occitan: aubricot, ambricot, albricot
  • → Basque: abrikot

Further reading

• “albercoc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “albercoc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “albercoc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “albercoc”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)