bergamote

Meaning

1. (feminine) bergamot, a pear cultivar
2. (feminine) bergamot, a citrus cultivar
3. (feminine) the scent of such a citrus used in perfumery
4. (feminine) a bonbon treated with such a perfume

Concepts

bergamot

bergamot orange

bergamot pean

Citrus bergamia

Synonyms

bergamotier

bergamot

bergamotte

citrus bergamia

Translations

bergamotto

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برغموت

bergamota

bergamotte

περγαμότο

bergamotta

beyarmudu

bergamòta

Citrus bergamia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɛʁ.ɡa.mɔt/

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian: bergamotta

In summary

Borrowed from Italian bergamotta, deemed a corruption of Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی (beg armudu, literally “a lord's pear”), denoting originally a fattish kind of pear, whereafter the European word developed the sense of a fruit of a certain citrus cultivar in the late 17th century.