apricot

CEFRB2

/ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small, soft orange fruit with one large seed.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

Examples

  • I like rhubarb tarts more than apricot tarts.

  • The apricot trees are in full blossom.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈæp.ɹɪ.kɑt/
  • /æepɹɪˈkɒt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

  2. 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.

  3. A dog with an orange-coloured coat.

More examples

In context

  • Hot water has always made my apricots sag.

  • Don’t eat that apricot!

  • pickled apricots

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”). Doublet of precocious.