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peach en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpiːt͡ʃ/
• [ˈpɪi̯t͡ʃ]

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin persicus Latin persicum Late Latin persica Vulgar Latin *pessica Old French peschebor. Middle English peche English peach From Middle English peche, borrowed from Old French pesche (French pêche), Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca) from Late Latin persica, from Classical Latin mālum persicum, from Ancient Greek μᾶλον περσικόν (mâlon persikón, “Persian apple”). Displaced Middle English persogȝe, from Old English persoc, ultimately from the same Latin root above.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to the color peach.
   • Looking around her very large and very peach open kitchen and family room, I couldn't believe my eyes, but I knew the color must be there for a reason. 2006, Anne Bold-Pryor, The Naked Wall:
   • The dining compartment was very peach. 2012, Mac Barnett, It Happened on a Train:
   • Perhaps this is best illustrated in the particularly bizarre Kinkade painting entitled The Good Shepherd's Cottage, where an openarmed (and very peach) Jesus welcomes a herd of sheep—literal sheep—to the threshold of a glowing cottage. 2014, Kristin G. Congdon, Happy Clouds, Happy Trees: The Bob Ross Phenomenon:
2. Particularly pleasing or agreeable.
   • Her words were peach with sincerity, and I could tell she really believed it was a good idea. 2011, R. J. Anderson, Ultraviolet, →ISBN, page 9:
   • 'That'll be just peach with me.' 2000, Marc Behm, Afraid to Death, →ISBN, page 174:
   • I am sure I was just peach to deal with. 2015 November 2, “Resetting, goalsetting, and dreamsetting”, in From Athlete to triathlete:
   • If I explain that I won't help them maintain systems running proprietary software (I'll make an exception for firmware, sometimes.) they usually shrug their shoulders and ask someone else -- which is just peach with me. 2011 May 19, Gilbert Sullivan, “SWF (Adobe Flash) support”, in linux.debian.user (Usenet):

Forms

Antonyms

unpleasant · foul · disagreeable · ugly

Relateds

laetrile · nectarine · 🍑

Synonyms

orange · paragon · peachy · fair · agreeable · rosy

Translations (5)

cs broskvový (colour) · id krem (colour) · gd peitseagach (colour) · uk пе́рсиковий (colour) · af perskekleurig (colour)

peach en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈpiːt͡ʃ/
• [ˈpɪi̯t͡ʃ]

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin persicus Latin persicum Late Latin persica Vulgar Latin *pessica Old French peschebor. Middle English peche English peach From Middle English peche, borrowed from Old French pesche (French pêche), Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca) from Late Latin persica, from Classical Latin mālum persicum, from Ancient Greek μᾶλον περσικόν (mâlon persikón, “Persian apple”). Displaced Middle English persogȝe, from Old English persoc, ultimately from the same Latin root above.

Meanings

1. (countable) Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
   • State universities and U.S. Department of Agriculture facilities have largely replaced the private state and national pomological and horticultural organizations as the primary researchers for peach cultivation. 2014, Melissa Walker, The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, volume 11, page 183:
   • Scattered plantings of peaches are maintained on the light-textured deep alluvial soils of the Foster, Cajon, Hanford, Hesperia, and Greenfield series west of Porterville, near Woodville, Poplar, Sausalito School, and farther south along the Kern County boundary line north of Delano. 1942, Raymond Earl Storie, Soil Survey, the Pixley Area, California, volume 1, page 11:
   • Several attempts have been made to class the varieties of Peaches and Nectarines by the leaf and flower, as well as the fruit. 1840, Thomas Bridgeman, The Young Gardener’s Assistant, page 136:
   • I think it the best way to plant the fifteen sorts, and the hard Peaches I have mentioned, in the same order as they stand in the list. 1768, M. Combles, A Treatise Upon the Culture of Peach Trees, page 8:
2. (countable, uncountable) Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.
   • Boiling water or steam loosens the peel of very ripe peaches, especially freestone or melting-flesh types, in 10–30 sec. 2012, Jasper Woodroof, Commercial Fruit Processing, page 103:
   • [A]nd that the English should eat peaches in May, and green pease in October, sounds to Italian ears as a miracle; they comfort themselves, however, by saying that they must be very insipid, while we know that fruits forced by strong fire are at least many of them higher in flavour than those produced by sun […] 1789, Hester Lynch Piozzi, Observations and Reflections Made in the Course of a Journey Through France, Italy, and Germany, volume II, page 191:
   • Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare eat a peach? / I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. 1915 June, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, in Prufrock and Other Observations, London: The Egoist […], published 1917, →OCLC, page 15:
   • When dissolved, stir it up well, and put in the peaches, without crowding them, and boil them slowly about twenty minutes. 1869, The American Housewife and Kitchen Directory, page 104:
3. (uncountable) A light yellow-red colour.
   • Circle Quilt throw in peach and green 2013, Kim Eichler-Messmer, Modern Color—An Illustrated Guide to Dyeing Fabric for Modern Quilts, page 61:
   • If the dye is for a light color such as peach, more dry dye could be used. 1990, Lila Fretz, Hooking Rugs: Storey’s Country Wisdom Bulletin, page 27:
   • To dye one chip bonnet peach colour, put four ounces of cudbear in one gallon of water, make it boil, and put one ounce of soda in the liquor. 1854, Thomas Love, The Art of Cleaning, Dyeing, Scouring and Finishing, etc, page 242:
4. (countable, informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
   • How did the common expressions "She's a peach!" and "He has a peach of a job!" arise if not because the peach of all fruits is a symbol of perfection? 1922 September, Lucile Brewer, “Fourteen Peach Delicacies”, in The Delineator, volume 101, page 58:
   • Arsenal's dominance was reflected in a flurry of goals before half-time – three in six minutes: first, Podolski turned the screw with a peach of a free-kick; then Gervinho accelerated on to Mikel Arteta's beautifully crafted pass and beat Davis at his near post with conviction; and finally Southampton's defence unspooled completely when Gervinho broke to release Gibbs, whose return ball cannoned off Nathaniel Clyne for Southampton's second own goal of a sobering afternoon. 2012 September 15, Amy Lawrence, “Arsenal's Gervinho enjoys the joy of six against lowly Southampton”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:
   • Except for the loss of Uncle Jack's income, his mother's growing disenchantment with her domestic arrangements, and the deepening Depression, it was a peach of a time for Berryman. 1996, Paul L. Mariani, Dream Song: The Life of John Berryman, page 30:
   • Walking on the beaches / looking at the peaches 1977, “Peaches”, in Rattus Norvegicus, performed by The Stranglers:
5. (countable, often, plural, uncountable) Buttock or bottom.
   • Down on the beaches, just look at all the peaches 1977, “Peaches”, performed by the Stranglers:
   • Gia danced around a little, shaking her peaches for show. She shook it hard. Too hard. In the middle of a shimmy, her stomach cramped. A fart slipped out. A loud one. And stinky. 2011, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, A Shore Thing:

Forms

Deriveds

peachfuzz · African peach · peachtini · peach-potato aphid · peaching · fuzzless peach · clingstone peach · Peach County · Guinea peach · Jupiter peach · Chinese peach · peach-fronted conure · sea peach · peach leaf curl · peachy · peaches and cream · peach of immortality · Texas peachbrush · peachy keen · Peach Springs · peach oak · freeze peach · peachlet · peachskin snailfish · bloom is off the peach · peachtree · peachery · donut peach · Indian peach · peachless · peach twig borer · Anderson's peachbrush · pan tao peach · peach water · peacherine · wild peach · UFO peach · peach snailfish · flat peach · doughnut peach · peacherino · peach-leaf willow · peach melba · peach thorn · Saturn peach · peach pit · peach fruit moth · phony peach disease · peach basket hat · peachleaf bellflower · peachlike · hat peach · cling peach · peach tree · longevity peach · saucer peach · peachleaf willow · peachbush · wolf's peach · smallflower peachbrush · peachblow · lesser peach tree borer · press peach · sweetcap peach · blush is off the peach · peach palm · custard peach · pickle peach · little peach · peachwood · desert peach · Sierra Leone peach · peachleaf · peacharita · belly-up peach · pita peach · peach bark beetle · peachish · plum peach · freestone peach · peach fuzz · peach blossom · peach-pit · peach-fronted parakeet · peachen · green peach aphid · peach fruit borer · paraguayo peach · peach borer · peach phony disease

Descendants

pic · pichi · píichas · biisib · পীচ · พีช · pītiti · biches

Hypernyms

fruit

Synonyms

peach tree

Translations (320)

id kesemek (fruit) · arz خوحة (fruit) · kmr xox (fruit) · be пе́рсік (fruit) · tk şetdaly (fruit) · hi आड़ू (fruit) · ryu 桃 (fruit) · kk шабдалы (fruit) · mn тоор (tree) · mg paiso (fruit) · gl pavieira (tree) · vi đào (fruit) · ro piersică (fruit) · de Pfirsich (fruit) · hy դեղձենի (tree) · cmn 桃 (fruit) · fr pêche (colour) · nl perzik (fruit) · ru пе́рсиковый (colour) · he אֲפַרְסֵק (tree) · fy perzik (fruit) · mn персик (fruit) · ja すてきな人 (pleasing person/thing) · ky шабдалы (fruit) · ja 桃色 (colour) · oj miishijiimin (fruit) · tr şeftali (fruit) · lad brisko (fruit) · nv bitseeʼ hólóní (fruit) · unm pilkëshakw (tree) · xdq кьвя́рче (fruit) · ja すてきもの (pleasing person/thing) · pl brzoskwiniowy (colour) · an malacatón (fruit) · ca presseguer (tree) · ms toh (tree) · rsk брескиня (fruit) · ang persoctrēow (tree) · ckb قۆخ (tree) · pnt ροδάκινον (tree) · yi פֿערשקע (fruit) · ca préssec (fruit) · lij pèrsego (fruit) · hu barack (fruit) · grc δωράκιον (fruit) · sv persika (fruit) · xdq кьвя́рче (tree) · de Pfirsichbaum (tree) · mzs péscu (fruit) · bn পীচ (fruit) · sh бресква (tree) · is ferskja (fruit) · lo ໝາກພິດຄ (tree) · vo pärsigep (tree) · arz خوخ (fruit) · sc pèssighe (fruit) · mi pītiti (fruit) · sd آڙو (fruit) · ti ኩኽ (fruit) · af perskeboom (tree) · eo persiko (fruit) · ru пе́рсик (fruit) · ru пе́рсик (tree) · ast piescu (fruit) · gd peitseag (fruit) · mn тоор мод (tree) · om kookii (tree) · rsk брескиня (tree) · cs broskvoň (tree) · kmr şeftalî (fruit) · vo pärsigabim (tree) · rup hearhic (tree) · rup hearhicã (fruit) · kw aval gwlanek (tree) · fy perzik (colour) · he אֲפַרְסֵק (fruit) · it pesca (fruit) · mwl pierxigo (fruit) · pl brzoskwinia (tree) · lb Pijen (fruit) · bg красавица (pleasing person/thing) · kk шабдалы (tree) · lmo persich (fruit) · th ท้อ (fruit) · ja 桃 (tree) · kl ferskeni (fruit) · mk пра́ска (colour) · se persihkka (fruit) · lt persikas (fruit) · ary خوخ (fruit) · kw aval gwlanek (fruit) · cho takkon (fruit) · ga péitseog (fruit) · ar فِرْسِك (fruit) · uk пе́рсик (fruit) · grc περσικόν (fruit) · oc persèga (fruit) · mk пра́ска (tree) · pms persi (tree) · id persik (fruit) · vo pärsig (fruit) · cic takolo (fruit) · ii ꌧꃰ (fruit) · fi persikka (fruit) · bg пра́скова (fruit) · ms persik (fruit) · om kookii (fruit) · sk broskyňa (fruit) · fo ferska (fruit) · an presiego (fruit) · kmr şeftalî (tree) · uk пе́рсикове де́рево (tree) · es melocotón (fruit) · es durazno (fruit) · fr pêche (fruit) · el ροδάκινο (fruit) · nrf pêche (fruit) · sv persikoträd (tree) · zza xewx (fruit) · hrx Persch (fruit) · rm persic (fruit) · ar خَوْخَة (fruit) · nb perle (pleasing person/thing) · ro piersiciu (colour) · no fersken (colour) · mt ħawħ (fruit) · chr ᏆᏅ (fruit) · fa شفتالو (tree) · ajp دراق (fruit) · az şaftalı (fruit) · rm persic (tree) · ms pic (tree) · oc persec (tree) · ks ژٕنٕنؠ کُل (tree) · cmn 桃樹 /桃树 (tree) · ru пе́рсиковое де́рево (tree) · scn pèrsica (tree) · la persicum (fruit) · sc prèssiu (fruit) · nds Peersch (fruit) · cy eirinen wlanog (fruit) · fy pjisk (colour) · ht pèch (fruit) · el ροδακινί (colour) · la persicus (tree) · vec pèrsego (fruit) · ps شلتالو (fruit) · twf phòʼína (fruit) · lo ໝາກພິດຄ (fruit) · mnc ᡨᠣᡵᠣ (fruit) · ca préssec (colour) · akz takkola (fruit) · unm pilkësh (fruit) · br pechez collective noun pechezenn (fruit) · win kąąc hįšek (fruit) · tg шафтолу (fruit) · gez ኮክ (fruit) · id krem (colour) · cmn 桃子 (fruit) · hrx phërx (fruit) · nb fersken (tree) · zza xewxêr (tree) · dsb rjaschen (fruit) · tr şeftali (tree) · es duraznero (tree) · egy d:p-H-M1-n-p:r-s-N25 (fruit) · tl melokoton (fruit) · pt pêssego (fruit) · tr alıç (tree) · gl pexegueiro (tree) · pl brzoskwinia (fruit) · hsb brěšk (fruit) · cs broskev (tree) · my မက်မွန် (fruit) · kum шаптал (fruit) · fur piersul (fruit) · no fersken (fruit) · rup chearsic (tree) · es melocotonero (tree) · ab атамаҵла (tree) · ast pescal (tree) · acw خوخ (fruit) · oc persec (fruit) · it color pesca (colour) · el ροδακινιά (tree) · th ท้อ (tree) · kab taxuxet (fruit) · mt ħawħa (fruit) · aii ܐܝܼܠܵܢܵܐ ܕܚܵܘܚܵܐ (tree) · ru пе́рсик (colour) · ka ატმისფერი (colour) · kab lxux (fruit) · lb Piisch (fruit) · mzs árve di péscu (tree) · ar دُرَّاق (fruit) · uk пе́рсик (tree) · lb Pijebam (tree) · la duracinum (fruit) · fa هلو (fruit) · ko 복숭아 (fruit) · sl breskev (fruit) · hsb brěška (fruit) · ang persoc (fruit) · af perske (fruit) · fa هلو (pleasing person/thing) · aii ܚܵܘܚܵܐ (fruit) · lzz ანტამა (tree) · uz shaftoli (fruit) · nap piérzeco (fruit) · id kesemek (tree) · cs broskev (fruit) · it persico (tree) · yue 蜜桃 (fruit) · lo ໄຄ້ (tree) · eu mertxika (fruit) · ab атама (fruit) · ks ژٕنُن (fruit) · lad shefteli (fruit) · mk пра́ска (fruit) · eu mertxikondo (tree) · tr alıç (fruit) · sc pessiche (tree) · hu őszibarackfa (tree) · hi शफ़तालु (fruit) · it pesco (tree) · nog шабдал (fruit) · pt pessegueiro (tree) · fa هلو (tree) · ps شوتالو (fruit) · es durazno (tree) · da ferskentræ (tree) · win kšeehįšek (fruit) · ga crann péitseog (tree) · lmo pérsigh (fruit) · zu ipentshisi (fruit) · lmo persegh (fruit) · ko 복사나무 (tree) · th พีช (fruit) · af perkse (colour) · id persik (tree) · sxr mimiliki’ukuhlucu (fruit) · et virsik (fruit) · fi persikka (colour) · ug شاپتۇل (fruit) · cy coeden eirin gwlanog (tree) · bg пра́скова (tree) · ky шабдалы (tree) · nap piérzeco (tree) · mid ࡊࡀࡅࡊࡀ (fruit) · gv peitshag (fruit) · rup chearsicã (fruit) · pnt ροδάκινον (fruit) · lv firziķis (fruit) · hrx fërsich (fruit) · nap pèrzeca (fruit) · mn тоор (fruit) · gl pexego (fruit) · sw pichi (fruit) · hy դեղձ (fruit) · khb ᦖᦱᧅᦃᦸᧂᧈ (fruit) · am ኮክ (fruit) · ka ატმის ხე (tree) · nb ferskentre (tree) · uby тым'а (fruit) · nap percòca (fruit) · rue броскы́ня (fruit) · sq pjeshkë (fruit) · sv persika (tree) · ms persik (tree) · ro piersic (tree) · lv persiks (fruit) · mfe pes (fruit) · hrx Perschebaam (tree) · lzz ანტამა (fruit) · ka ატამი (tree) · fur piersolâr (tree) · az hulu (fruit) · ka ატამი (fruit) · nv didzétsoh (fruit) · vo pärsigaköl (colour) · pt cor pêssego (colour) · fr pêcher (tree) · qu turasnu (fruit) · gl pavía (fruit) · kmr xox (tree) · gsw Fërsich (fruit) · sh breskva (tree) · sh brȅskva (fruit) · scn pèrsicu (colour) · ca melicotó (fruit) · ms pic (fruit) · hi शफतालु (fruit) · zu umpetshisi (tree) · mn тоор жимс (fruit) · da fersken (fruit) · ryu 桃 (tree) · hu őszibarack (fruit) · frr Fersk (fruit) · es melocotón (tree) · ja 桃 (fruit) · mwl piérxigo (fruit) · nl perzikboom (tree) · fi persikka (tree) · sh бре̏сква (fruit) · nl perzikenboom (tree) · vi đào (tree) · tl melokoton (tree) · ur آڑو (fruit) · fa شفتالو (fruit) · ca bresquilla (fruit) · yue 桃 (fruit) · ar خَوْخ (fruit) · cy melynbinc (colour) · haw koukī (fruit) · scn pèrsicu (fruit) · yue 桃子 (fruit) · es perita en dulce (pleasing person/thing) · gv pershagh (fruit) · ms toh (fruit) · cdo 桃 (fruit)

wikidata: Q13189 · wikidata: Q5148721

peach en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpiːt͡ʃ/
• [ˈpɪi̯t͡ʃ]

Etymology

From Middle English pechen, from apechen (“to accuse”) and empechen (“to accuse”), possibly from Anglo-Norman anpecher, from Late Latin impedicō (“entangle”). See impeach.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To inform on someone; turn informer.
   • If I be ta'en, I'll peach for this. 1623, Shakespeare, Henry IV:
   • "Do you think we want to peach? No, thank you. We may be none too good, but we won't hang a guy up, no matter who he is.[…]" 1913, Rex Stout, Her Forbidden Knight, Carroll & Graf, published 1997, →ISBN, page 123:
   • "But will your cousin tell?" was Ripton's reflection. "He!" Richard's lip expressed contempt. "A ploughman refuses to peach, and you ask if a Feverel will?" 1859, George Meredith, chapter 9, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
   • And his father had told him if he ever wanted anything to write home to him and, whatever he did, never to peach on a fellow. 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, paperback edition, Macmillan Press Ltd, page 21:
2. (obsolete, transitive) To inform against.
   • […] and finding out the residence of his brother Charles, desires him not to peach him, but to lend him a suit of his fine cloaths, that he might see what it was to be a fine gentleman […] 1774, “The British Theatre”, in London Magazine, volume 43, page 639:
   • Complaining of the conduct of Sir Ralph Robinson, parson of Brede, in Sussex, who took from him a psalter book in English, printed cum privilegio regali, and peached him of heresy, whereupon he was put in the stocks by the King's constable for two days. 1535, Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic of the Reign of Henry VIII, volume 9, published 1886, page 387:
   • Ay, says Will, I am undone for all that; for the officers are after me; and I am a dead dog if I am taken, for George is in custody, and he has peached me and all the others, to save his life. 1840, Daniel Defoe, Life of Colonel Jack: And, a True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal:

Forms

Deriveds

peacher

Synonyms

dob · denounce · clepe · snitch · dime out · fizgig · peach · finger · tell tales · sing · bewray · blow the whistle · grass on · roll on · inform · inform on · fink · sing · squeal · rat on · tattle · tell · tell all · nark · tip off · lolly up · drop a dime on someone · tell on · drop a dime · squeal · tattle · snitch up · dime · squeak · grass up · name names · turn in · rat out

Translations (13)

hu beköp (to inform on someone) · cs práskat (to inform on someone) · ru я́бедничать (to inform on someone) · hu besúg (to inform on someone) · cs udávat (to inform on someone) · cs bonzovat (to inform on someone) · ru доноси́ть (to inform on someone) · hu beárul (to inform on someone) · cs žalovat (to inform on someone) · bg доноснича (to inform on someone) · hu befúj (to inform on someone) · hu spicliskedik (to inform on someone) · cs prásknout (koho) (to inform on someone)

peach en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈpiːt͡ʃ/
• [ˈpɪi̯t͡ʃ]

Meanings

1. (Cornwall, obsolete, uncountable) A particular rock found in tin mines, sometimes associated with chlorite.
   • Peach, which is a word used by the Cornish miners, in a generic sense, to denote all minerals of the chloritic family—and is consequently a very convenient word—seems to be essentially the "mother" of tin; but the experience of Cornwall goes to show that peach alone does not produce a permanent tin mine: an intermixture of quartz is necessary to give what miners call "strength" to the lode. 1862, “Illustrated Notes on Prominent Mines”, in The Mining and Smelting Magazine, volume 2, page 17:
   • A quartz (sparry) vein, unless accompanied by other minerals such as peach, chlorite, &c., is considered valueless as an indication of the presence of ore. 1908, James Bastian Hill, The Geology of Falmouth and Truro and of the Mining District of Camborne and Redruth:
   • Chlorite forms the characterizing ingredient in chlorite slate; it is common in Cornwall with the tin veins, constituting with quartz the rock commonly known there as killas; the ordinary name for chlorite is peach. 1858, Robert Philips Greg, Manual of the mineralogy of Great Britain & Ireland:

Deriveds

peach tourmaline · blue peach · green peach