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apricot en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ˈæp.ɹɪ.kɑt/ (General-American)
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/æepɹɪˈkɔt/ (Australia)
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/ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/æepɹɪˈkɒt/ (Australia)
/ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɑt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae- Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Latin *quoquō Latin coquō Latin praecoquō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin praecoquus Latin praecoquumder. Ancient Greek βερίκοκκον (beríkokkon) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkĭ́ā)der. Classical Syriac ܒܰܪܩܽܘܩܳܐ (barqūqā)bor. Arabic بَرْقُوق (barqūq) Andalusian Arabicbor. Catalan albercoc ▲ Catalan arbreinflu. Catalan abrecocder. English abrecock Latin apricuminflu. English apricock ▲ French abricotinflu. English apricot 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 Byzantine 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.

Meanings

Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most apricot	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
apricock		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
more apricot	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic
abricock		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

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Translations (13)

de aprikosenfarben (colour) · de apricot (colour) · cs meruňkový (colour) · cmn 杏色的 (colour) · fr abricot (colour) · pl morelowy (colour) · pt damasco (colour) · ja 杏子色の (colour) · sv aprikosfärgad (colour) · vi vàng mơ (colour) · da abrikosfarvet (colour) · vo brikodakölik (colour) · bg кайсиен (colour)

apricot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈæp.ɹɪ.kɑt/ (General-American)
(UK) audio
/æepɹɪˈkɔt/ (Australia)
(US) audio
(Australia) audio
(US) audio
/ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/æepɹɪˈkɒt/ (Australia)
/ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɑt/ (General-American)

Etymology

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) 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
(countable, uncountable) The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.
(countable, uncountable) A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.
(countable, uncountable) A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
(countable, qualifier:sniper slang, uncountable) The junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
- I'd aim right for the apricot. The medulla. You'd die instantly. 2012, Eric Puchner, “Beautiful Monsters”, in Tom Perrotta, editor, The Best American Short Stories 2012, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 198:
- 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. 2011, Jordan Gray, Unearthed, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 41:
- “See the nose?” Slater asked. He’d drawn a face on the watermelon with a Sharpie. “Aim right below it, at the philtrum. That way, the bullet's gonna go straight through and hit the apricot. Carmen told you about the apricot?” In my first lesson. The apricot was the sniper's nickname for the medulla oblongata, the cone-shaped mass of neurons that connected the brain to the spinal cord. 2020, Elise Noble, When the Shadows Fall, Undercover Publishing Limited, →ISBN:
(Australia, UK, countable, dated, plural-normally, slang, uncountable) A testicle.
- Maybe before I die they'll have some sort of mechanical cock and balls because all of the steroids that I used, ^([sic]) put my apricots and kielbasa out of commission. 2021, Jeremiah Ford, Crazy Ball Player, page 172:
- Hot water has always made my apricots sag. Quoted in 2014, Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang (page 10)

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
apricock		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic
apricots	Number=Plur		lexicographic
abricock		alternative, obsolete	lexicographic

Translations (301)

ba өрөк (tree) · la armeniaca (tree) · vi cây mơ (tree) · hi कुश्मालू (colour) · de aprikosenfarben (colour) · lad kayisí (fruit) · la armeniacum (fruit) · grc βερίκοκκον (fruit) · cmn 杏實 /杏实 (fruit) · da abrikosfarve (colour) · fo aprikosa (fruit) · ru абрико́с (tree) · frr Aprikoos (fruit) · ka გარგარი (fruit) · eu abrikot (fruit) · pt abricote (fruit) · hu kajszibarackfa (tree) · lv aprikoze (tree) · dng хын (fruit) · uz oʻrik (fruit) · de Marille (fruit) · ko 살구나무 (tree) · sh marelica (tree) · grc ἀρμενιακόν (fruit) · hi ख़ुबानी (fruit) · sh зерделица (tree) · cs meruňka (fruit) · tl albarikoke (fruit) · dsb aprikoza (fruit) · hy պարկուկ (fruit) · kl abrikosi (fruit) · ka ჭერამი (tree) · ab аҷара́мҵла (tree) · pt abricó (fruit) · nan-hbl 杏 (fruit) · hu sárgabarack (fruit) · hi ख़ुबानी (tree) · es damasquillo (fruit) · bg кайси́я (fruit) · pl morelowy (colour) · fr abricot (fruit) · ga crann aibreoige (tree) · fa درخت زردآلو (tree) · khb ᦖᦱᧅᦚᦳᧂ (fruit) · ru абрико́с (fruit) · ro caisă (fruit) · bg кайсия (colour) · kmr qeysî (fruit) · ms aprikot (fruit) · acw مِشْمِش (fruit) · es albérchigo (fruit) · vi mơ tây (fruit) · no aprikos (fruit) · hy ծիրանի (colour) · hu sárgabarackfa (tree) · ti ምሽምሽ (fruit) · ks ژیر (fruit) · mn гүйлс (fruit) · es alberge (fruit) · uk абрико́с (fruit) · zza berga (fruit) · ky абрикос (fruit) · mt lewn il-berquq (colour) · fi aprikoosi (fruit) · eu arbeletxeko (fruit) · bg зарзала (tree) · yue 杏桃 (fruit) · hrx Damaske (fruit) · nl abrikoos (fruit) · ro cais (tree) · kn ಜರ್ದಾಳು (fruit) · lt abrikosas (tree) · th แอพริคอต (fruit) · sdc barracoc (tree) · mi aperekoti (fruit) · mhr абрикос (fruit) · ota قیصی (fruit) · pt damasqueiro (tree) · crh qaysı (fruit) · da abrikos (fruit) · tk erik (fruit) · gd apracot (fruit) · pt alperche (fruit) · yue 黃梅 /黄梅 (fruit) · ary مشماش (fruit) · es albaricoquero (tree) · bg зарзали́я (fruit) · lv dzeltenoranža krāsa (colour) · kmr mişmiş (fruit) · sq kajsi (fruit) · sh зердѐлица (fruit) · pt damasco (fruit) · da abrikostræ (tree) · fy abrikoas (fruit) · no aprikostre (tree) · et aprikoos (fruit) · uk абрико́са (tree) · hi ज़र्दालू (colour) · lo ໝາກຄາຍ (fruit) · mhr абрикостӱслӧ (colour) · tt өрек (fruit) · az ərik (fruit) · hi कुशमालू (fruit) · st apolokose (fruit) · es albergero (tree) · om kookii (fruit) · sdn barracoc (tree) · el βερικοκί (colour) · is apríkósa (fruit) · gl albaricoqueiro (tree) · it albicocco (tree) · es damasco (tree) · hu kajszibarack (fruit) · gv billey apricoc (tree) · be абрыко́с (tree) · el βερίκοκο (fruit) · hi कुशमालू (tree) · ko 살구색 (colour) · sw mwaprikoti (tree) · hi कुश्मालू (tree) · ba өрөк (fruit) · vo brikodaköl (colour) · af appelkoos (fruit) · ug ئۆرۈك (fruit) · mwl albricoque (fruit) · nl abrikozenboom (tree) · hi ख़ूबानी (fruit) · hi कुश्मालू (fruit) · sh kàjsija (fruit) · eo abrikoto (fruit) · mhr абрикос (tree) · mn чангаанз (fruit) · pms arbicòch (fruit) · ce туьрк (fruit) · vo brikodep (tree) · sl marẹ̑lica (fruit) · mwl albaricoque (fruit) · uk абрико́са (fruit) · ja 杏子 (fruit) · de Aprikosenbaum (tree) · el βερικοκιά (tree) · hi ज़र्दालू (fruit) · arz مشمش (fruit) · sv aprikosträd (tree) · fa زردآلو (fruit) · an alberje (fruit) · es alberchiguero (tree) · tr kayısı (fruit) · sh kajsija (tree) · hu kajszi (fruit) · sc piricoccu (tree) · id aprikot (fruit) · pdt Aupelkoos (fruit) · ady абрикос (fruit) · egy d:p-H-M1-n-A-l-G20-i-i-n:A-N25 (fruit) · oc albricòt (fruit) · bo མངའ་རིས་ཁམས་བུ (fruit) · ast albaricoca (fruit) · ca albercoquer (tree) · nv didzétsoh yázhí (fruit) · pt abricoque (fruit) · mg aprikaoty (fruit) · ru абрико́совый (colour) · es albaricoque (colour) · be абрыко́с (fruit) · ast albaricoque (fruit) · de Aprikose (tree) · sh марѐлица (fruit) · cmn 杏樹 /杏树 (tree) · ky өрүк (fruit) · hrx Abrikoh (fruit) · es albarcoque (fruit) · de Aprikose (fruit) · ast albaricocal (tree) · br abriko (fruit) · bg за́рзала (fruit) · gl albaricoque (fruit) · hi ज़रदालू (colour) · nso apolêkôsê (fruit) · aii ܡܸܫܡܸܫܬܵܐ (fruit) · xcl ծիրան (fruit) · eo abrikotarbo (tree) · kmr zerdele (fruit) · hi ज़र्दालू (tree) · ko 살구 (fruit) · pt alperce (fruit) · ur خوبانی (fruit) · es albercoque (fruit) · cmn 杏子 (fruit) · kls aẓạ́i (fruit) · mk ка́јсија (tree) · vi quả mơ (fruit) · sh марелица (tree) · fr abricot (colour) · sce orou (fruit) · sc barracocco (tree) · ur زرد آلو (fruit) · kw brykedh (fruit) · wa åbricot (fruit) · tg зардолу (fruit) · fr abricotier (tree) · sk marhuľa (fruit) · es chabacano (fruit) · ur زرد آلو (tree) · mt siġra tal-berquq (tree) · mi pirikota (fruit) · pl morela (tree) · ga aibreog (fruit) · lb Aprikos (fruit) · kw brykedhen (fruit) · ar مِشْمِش (fruit) · xdq ко́ркко (fruit) · sh zerdèlica (fruit) · sh кајсија (tree) · lt abrikosas (fruit) · vo brikodabim (tree) · ka გარგარი (tree) · es albaricoque (fruit) · sdn barracoccu (fruit) · bg зарзалия (tree) · hi कुशमालू (colour) · hy ծիրան (fruit) · tr kayısı (tree) · tr zerdali (fruit) · nv dzidzétsoh díkʼǫ́ǫzhii (fruit) · fi aprikoosipuu (tree) · ja 杏子色 (colour) · vec armełin (fruit) · sq zerdeli (fruit) · pa ਖ਼ੁਰਮਾਨੀ (fruit) · ood wil-gohgih (fruit) · ps زردالو (fruit) · rm apricosa (fruit) · it albicocca (fruit) · lv aprikoze (fruit) · bg ка́йсия (tree) · sc piricoccu (fruit) · cmn 杏 (fruit) · pt damasco (colour) · sh ка̀јсија (fruit) · es damasco (fruit) · vo brikod (fruit) · ml ജലദാലു (fruit) · kmr hêrûg (fruit) · sh zerdelica (tree) · hi ख़ूबानी (tree) · mi aperekota (fruit) · ab аҷарам (fruit) · ru жердёла (fruit) · yi אַפּריקאָס (fruit) · sce orou mutun (tree) · az qaysı (fruit) · lad abrikok (fruit) · sw aprikoti (fruit) · he מִשְׁמֵשׁ (fruit) · sdc barracoc (fruit) · cmn 杏色 (colour) · de Marille (tree) · kbd хуэрэджэ (fruit) · hi ख़ूबानी (colour) · grc πραικόκιον (fruit) · wa åbricotî (tree) · xaa مشماش (fruit) · bn খুবানি (fruit) · hy ծիրանենի (tree) · ckb قەیسی (fruit) · el κιτρινορόδινο (colour) · cs meruňka (tree) · hi ज़रदालू (tree) · hi ख़ुबानी (colour) · es albarcoquero (tree) · pl morela (fruit) · cy bricyll (fruit) · mr जर्दाळू (fruit) · am ኮክ መሳይ የፍራፍሬ አይነት (fruit) · es albercoquero (tree) · uk абрико́с (tree) · se aprikosa (fruit) · sv aprikos (fruit) · kmr mijmij (fruit) · sh marèlica (fruit) · mt berquqa (fruit) · xmf მარგული (fruit) · sc barracocco (fruit) · ca albercoc (fruit) · kmr zerdelî (fruit) · lo ກຄາຍ (tree) · scn varcocu (fruit) · kk өрік (fruit) · gv apricoc (fruit) · ht abiko (fruit) · so safiican (fruit) · hsb aprikoza (fruit) · mk кајсија (fruit) · hi ज़रदालू (fruit) · gd apracot (tree) · ajp مِشْمِش (fruit) · co baracucca (fruit) · ka ჭერამი (fruit) · avd شیلان (fruit) · eo abrikotujo (tree)

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apricot en · ADJ

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apricot en · NOUN

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