bergamot
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Etymology 1 edit
French bergamote, from Italian bergamotta, from Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی (beg armudu, literally “a lord's pear”), denoting a fattish kind of pear. The European word developed the sense of a fruit of a certain citrus cultivar in the late 17th century.
Noun edit
bergamot (countable and uncountable, plural bergamots)
- A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
- The fruit from the bergamot tree
- The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
- A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
- 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC:
- The better hand […] gives the nose its bergamot.
- Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:
- Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
- Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
- A variety of pear.
- a. 1724, Philosophical Transactions:
- One of my Neighbours has a Bergamot Pear Tree, that was brought from England in a Box , about the Year 1643
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tree
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fruit
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essence or perfume
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variety of snuff
Mentha × piperita — see peppermint
Monarda didyma — see bee balm
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See also edit
- Earl Grey (tea flavored with bergamot)
Further reading edit
- bergamot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bergamot in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.
Etymology 2 edit
From Bergamo.
Noun edit
bergamot (usually uncountable, plural bergamots)
- A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
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Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
bergamot f (plural bergamotten, diminutive bergamotje n)
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Further reading edit
- “bergamot” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Romanian edit
Adjective edit
bergamot m or n (feminine singular bergamotă, masculine plural bergamoți, feminine and neuter plural bergamote)
- Alternative form of pergamut
Declension edit
Declension of bergamot
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | bergamot | bergamotă | bergamoți | bergamote | ||
definite | bergamotul | bergamota | bergamoții | bergamotele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | bergamot | bergamote | bergamoți | bergamote | ||
definite | bergamotului | bergamotei | bergamoților | bergamotelor |