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Apricot fruits
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Alteration of apricock (with influence from French abricot ), itself an alteration of abrecock (with influence from Latin apricum ( “ sunny place ” ) ), from dialectal Catalan abrecoc , abercoc , variants of standard albercoc , from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق ( al-barqūq , “ plums ” ) , from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκίᾱ ( berikokkíā , “ apricot tree ” ) , from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον ( praikókion ) , from Late Latin (persica ) praecocia ( literally “ (peaches) which ripen early ” ) , (mālum ) praecoquum ( literally “ (apple) which ripens early ” ) .
Pronunciation
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Hyphenation: apri‧cot
Noun
apricot (plural apricots )
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.
The apricot tree , Prunus armeniaca
A pale yellow -orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
apricot:
A dog with an orange-coloured coat .
( sniper slang ) the junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
( slang , Australia , dated , usually in the plural ) A testicle .
Translations
fruit
Abkhaz: аҷарам ( ačʼaram )
Adyghe: абрикос ( abrikʷos )
Afrikaans: appelkoos (af)
Albanian: kajsi (sq) f
Alviri-Vidari:
Vidari: شیلان ( šilān )
Amharic: ኮክ መሳይ የፍራፍሬ አይነት ( kok mäsay yäfrafre ʾäynät )
Arabic: مِشْمِش m ( mišmiš ) , مِشْمِشَة f ( mišmiša ) ( singulative )
Egyptian Arabic: مشمشة f ( mešmeša ) , مشمش m pl ( mešmeš )
Hijazi Arabic: مِشْمِشَة f ( mišmiša ) , مِشْمِش m pl ( mišmiš )
Aragonese: alberje
Armenian: ծիրանի (hy) ( cirani )
Old Armenian: ծիրան ( ciran )
Asturian: albaricoque m , albaricoca f
Azerbaijani: ərik (az)
Bashkir: өрөк ( örök )
Basque: arbeletxeko , abrikot
Belarusian: абрыко́с m ( abrykós )
Breton: abriko
Bulgarian: ка́йсия f ( kájsija )
Catalan: albercoc (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 杏桃 ( hang6 tou4 , hang6 tou4-2 ) , 黃梅 / 黄梅 ( wong4 mui4 ) , 黄梅 ( wong4 mui4 , wong4 mui4-2 )
Mandarin: 杏 (zh) ( xìng ) , 杏子 (zh) ( xìngzi ) , 杏實 / 杏实 (zh) , 杏实 (zh) ( xìngshí )
Min Nan: 杏 ( hēng )
Cornish: brykethen
Corsican: baracucca f
Czech: meruňka (cs) f
Danish: abrikos (da) c
Dongxiang: orou
Dutch: abrikoos (nl) f
Egyptian: (please verify ) (dpḥ n ꜣrmꜥynꜣ )
Esperanto: abrikoto (eo)
Estonian: aprikoos (et)
Faroese: aprikosa
Finnish: aprikoosi (fi)
French: abricot (fr) m
Galician: albaricoque (gl) m
Gallurese: barracoccu
Georgian: გარგარი ( gargari ) , ჭერამი ( č̣erami )
German: Aprikose (de) f , Marille (de) f ( Austria )
Greek: βερίκοκο (el) n ( veríkoko )
Ancient: πραικόκιον n ( praikókion ) , ἀρμενιακόν n ( armeniakón )
Haitian Creole: abiko
Hebrew: משמש (he) m ( mishmesh )
Hindi: ख़ूबानी f ( xūbānī ) , खुबानी (hi) f ( khubānī ) , जर्दालू (hi) m ( jardālū ) , जरदालू (hi) m ( jardālū )
Hungarian: sárgabarack (hu) , kajszibarack (hu) , kajszi (hu) ( informal )
Icelandic: apríkósa (is) f
Indonesian: aprikot (id)
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Irish: aibreog f
Italian: albicocca (it) f
Japanese: 杏子 (ja) ( あんず, anzu )
Kazakh: өрік (kk) ( örık )
Korean: 살구 (ko) ( salgu )
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Lao: ໝາກຄາຍ (lo) ( māk khāi )
Latin: armeniacum n
Latvian: aprikoze (lv) f
Lithuanian: abrikosas (lt) m
Lü: ᦖᦱᧅᦚᦳᧂ ( ṁaakḟung )
Macedonian: ка́јсија f ( kájsija )
Malagasy: aprikaoty (mg)
Malay: aprikot , buah aprikot
Maltese: berquqa (mt) f
Manx: apricoc m
Mongolian: чангаанз (mn) ( čangaanz )
Navajo: dzidzétsoh díkʼǫ́ǫzhii , didzétsoh yázhí
Northern Sami: aprikosa
Northern Sotho: apolêkôsê
Norwegian: aprikos (no) m
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O'odham: wil-gohgih
Occitan: albricòt (oc) m
Ossetian:
Digor: къерами ( k’erami )
Iron: чъерами ( ḱ’erami )
Persian: زردآلو (fa) ( zardâlu )
Polish: morela (pl) f
Portuguese: damasco (pt) m ( Brazil ) , abricó (pt) , alperce (pt) m , alperche (pt) m
Romanian: caisă (ro) f
Romansch: apricosa f
Russian: абрико́с (ru) m ( abrikós )
Sardinian:
Campidanese: piricoccu
Logudorese: barracocco
Sassarese: barracoc
Scottish Gaelic: apragod m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кајсија f , зерделица f , марелица f
Roman: kajsija (sh) f , zerdelica f , marelica (sh) f
Sicilian: varcocu (scn) m
Slovak: marhuľa (sk) f
Slovene: marelica (sl) f
Somali: safiican
Sotho: apolokose (st)
Spanish: albaricoque (es) m , chabacano (es) m ( Mexico ) , damasco (es) m ( Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay )
Swedish: aprikos (sv) c
Tagalog: albarikoke
Tajik: зардолу (tg) ( zardolu )
Thai: แอพริคอต ( aepáríkôt )
Turkish: kayısı (tr) , zerdali (tr)
Ukrainian: абрико́с (uk) m ( abrykós )
Urdu: خوبانی f ( xūbānī )
Venetian: armełin m
Vietnamese: mơ tây , quả mơ
Volapük: brikod (vo)
Walloon: åbricot (wa) m
Welsh: bricyllen (cy) f , bricyll (cy) pl
West Frisian: abrikoas
Yiddish: אַפּריקאָס m ( aprikos )
Zazaki: berga
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Armenian: ծիրանենի (hy) ( ciraneni )
Asturian: albaricocal m
Bashkir: өрөк ( örök )
Belarusian: абрыко́с m ( abrykós )
Bulgarian: ка́йсия f ( kájsija )
Catalan: albercoquer (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 杏樹 / 杏树 (zh) , 杏树 (zh) ( xìngshù )
Czech: meruňka (cs) f
Danish: abrikostræ (da) n
Dongxiang: orou mutun
Esperanto: abrikotujo , abrikotarbo
Finnish: aprikoosipuu
French: abricotier (fr) m
Galician: albaricoqueiro (gl) m
Gallurese: barracoc
Georgian: ჭერამი ( č̣erami ) , გარგარი ( gargari )
German: Aprikose (de) f , Marille (de) f ( Austria ) , Aprikosenbaum (de) m
Greek: βερικοκιά (el) f ( verikokiá )
Hindi: ख़ूबानी f ( xūbānī ) , खुबानी (hi) f ( khubānī ) , जर्दालू (hi) m ( jardālū ) , जरदालू (hi) m ( jardālū )
Hungarian: sárgabarackfa (hu) , kajszibarackfa
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Italian: albicocco (it) m
Korean: 살구나무 (ko) ( salgunamu )
Lao: ກຄາຍ ( ka khāi )
Latin: armeniaca f
Latvian: aprikoze (lv) f
Macedonian: ка́јсија f ( kájsija )
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Maltese: siġra tal-berquq
Manx: billey apricoc m
Norwegian: aprikostre n
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Persian: درخت زردآلو ( derakht-e zardâlu )
Polish: morela (pl) f
Portuguese: damasqueiro (pt) m
Romanian: cais (ro) m
Russian: абрико́с (ru) m ( abrikós )
Sardinian:
Campidanese: piricoccu
Logudorese: barracocco
Sassarese: barracoc
Scottish Gaelic: apragod m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кајсија f , зерделица f , марелица f
Roman: kajsija (sh) f , zerdelica f , marelica (sh) f
Spanish: albaricoquero (es) m
Swedish: aprikosträd n
Turkish: kayısı (tr)
Ukrainian: абрико́с (uk) m ( abrykós )
Vietnamese: cây mơ
Volapük: brikodabim (vo) , brikodep (vo)
Walloon: åbricotî m
Adjective
apricot (comparative more apricot , superlative most apricot )
Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.
Translations
See also
Anagrams
German
Adjective
apricot (not comparable )
( uncommon ) apricot-coloured
Synonyms