préssec

Meaning

peach (fruit)

Concepts

peach

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apricot

salmon pink

yellowish pink

Synonyms

albercoc

salmó

Translations

pêche

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melocotón

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pesca

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durazno

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Pfirsich

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perzik

şeftali

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xox

🍑

ροδάκινο

persicum

pêssego

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خوخ

şeftalî

🍑

persica

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpɾe.sək]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: persicum

Cognate with Occitan: persec

Cognate with Spanish: prisco

Cognate with French: pêche

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan pressec, from Latin persicum (literally “Persian fruit”), with metathesis of /r/. Compare Occitan persec, regional Spanish prisco (“apricot”), French pêche.