aprikos

See also: Aprikos

Norwegian Bokmål

aprikos

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkĭ́ā, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικὄκῐον (praikókĭon), from (Late Latin persica) Latin praecocia (literally “over-ripe (peaches)”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “over-ripe (apple)”). See English apricot for more info.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑprɪkuːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

aprikos m (definite singular aprikosen, indefinite plural aprikoser, definite plural aprikosene)

1. apricot (fruit)

References

• “aprikos” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkĭ́ā, “apricot tree”), from Ancient Greek πραικὄκῐον (praikókĭon), from (Late Latin persica) Latin praecocia (literally “over-ripe (peaches)”), (mālum) praecoquum (literally “over-ripe (apple)”). See English apricot for more info.

Noun

aprikos m (definite singular aprikosen, indefinite plural aprikosar, definite plural aprikosane)

1. apricot (fruit)

References

• “aprikos” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aprikose, from Dutch abrikoos, from Middle French abricots, plural of abricot, from Catalan albercoc, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq), from Latin praecocia, form of praecox.

Pronunciation

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Noun

aprikos c

1. (fruit) apricot
2. apricot (color/colour)

Declension

Declension of aprikos

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	aprikos	aprikos
	definite	aprikosen	aprikosens
plural	indefinite	aprikoser	aprikosers
	definite	aprikoserna	aprikosernas

Adjective

aprikos (comparative mer aprikos, superlative mest aprikos)

1. apricot (color/colour)

   Synonym: aprikosfärgad

Declension

Inflection of aprikos

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	aprikos	mer aprikos	mest aprikos
neuter singular	aprikost	mer aprikost	mest aprikost
plural	aprikosa	mer aprikosa	mest aprikosa
masculine plural2	aprikose	mer aprikosa	mest aprikosa
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	aprikose	mer aprikose	mest aprikose
all	aprikosa	mer aprikosa	mest aprikosa

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Related terms

• aprikosmarmelad