English word apricot comes from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον, and later Arabic برقوق (Plum, plums.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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πραικόκιον | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
βερικοκκία | Byzantine Greek (gkm) | |
βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ | Byzantine Greek (gkm) | |
برقوق | Arabic (ara) | Plum, plums. |
albercoc | Catalan (cat) | Apricot. |
abrecock | English (en) | |
apricock | English (en) | |
apricot | English (en) | (slang, Australia, dated, usually in plural) A testicle.. (sniper, _, slang) the junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.. A dog with an orange-coloured coat.. A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.. A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy [...] |