abricot

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) apricot (fruit)
2. (masculine) apricot (color)
3. (informal, masculine) vulva, vagina, female genitalia

Adj

apricot (color)

Concepts

apricot

apricots

peach

🍑

apricot tree

salmon pink

yellowish pink

Synonyms

abricotier

pomme d’Arménie

prune d’Arménie

pêche

🍑

saumon

Translations

Aprikose

albicocca

albaricoque

abrikoos

albercoc

damasco

مشمش

kayısı

Marille

abricó

mijmij

qeysî

zerdelî

βερίκοκο

Pronounced as (IPA)

/a.bʁi.ko/

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan: abrecoc

Borrowed from Arabic: برقوق

In summary

From Middle French abricot, from dialectal Catalan abrecoc, abricoc, variants of standard albercoc, from Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία pl (berikokkía), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (persica) praecoqua pl, (mālum) praecoquum, neuter of Latin (persicum) praecox (literally “early-ripening peach”). Doublet of précoce.