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Etymology 1

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From 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

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bergamot (countable and uncountable, plural bergamots)

  1. 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.
  2. The fruit from the bergamot tree
  3. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
  4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
  5. Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:
    1. Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
    2. Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
  6. 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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Etymology 2

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From Bergamo.

Noun

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bergamot (usually uncountable, plural bergamots)

  1. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌbɛr.ɣaːˈmɔt/
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  • Hyphenation: ber‧ga‧mot
  • Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

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bergamot f (plural bergamotten, diminutive bergamotje n)

  1. bergamot (pear-shaped citrus fruit)
    Synonym: herenpeer

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Further reading

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  • bergamot” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Romanian

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Adjective

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bergamot m or n (feminine singular bergamotă, masculine plural bergamoți, feminine and neuter plural bergamote)

  1. Alternative form of pergamut

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