aprikot

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• abrikos (influenced by Dutch, obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English apricot, an 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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpri.kɔt̚/
• Rhymes: -kɔt̚
• Hyphenation: a‧pri‧kot

Noun

aprikot

1. apricot
   1. 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
   2. the apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English apricot via a spelling pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔapɾikot/ [ˌʔap.ɾɪˈxot̪̚]
• Rhymes: -apɾikot
• Syllabification: ap‧ri‧kot

Noun

áprikót (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

1. apricot

   Synonym: albarikoke

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• trapiko