abricó
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French abricot, from Catalan abrecoc, ultimately from Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκία (berikokkía), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Late Latin (malum) praecoquum, from earlier Latin (persicum) praecox (literally “over-ripe peach”). Doublet of precoce.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: a‧bri‧có
Noun edit
abricó m (plural abricós)
- apricot (fruit)
- Synonyms: damasco, apricó, abricô, abricoque, abricote, alberge, albricoque, alpece, alperce, alperche
- 1873, Joaquim de Almeida Pinto, Diccionario de botanica brasileira:
- Abricó. — Armeniaca vulgaris, Lamark. — Prunus armeniaca, Linn. — Fam. das Rosaceas. — Planta natural da Armenia;
- Apricot. - Armeniaca vulgaris, Lamark. - Prunus armeniaca, Linn. - Rosaceae Fam. - Plant native to Armenia;