abrikoos

Dutch

Alternative forms

• appelkoos (archaic)

Etymology

Late 16th century. Borrowed from Late Middle French abricots, plural of abricot, from Spanish albaricoque, from Arabic اَلْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq), from Ancient Greek πραικόκιον (praikókion), from Latin praecoqua. At the time of the borrowing, the French plural-s was still pronounced (at least in pausal position), hence the form abrikoos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaː.briˈkoːs/

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• Hyphenation: abri‧koos
• Rhymes: -oːs

Noun

abrikoos m or f (plural abrikozen, diminutive abrikoosje n)

1. apricot

Descendants

• Afrikaans: appelkoos
• → German: Aprikose
  • → Estonian: aprikoos
  • → Kashubian: aprikóza (dated)
  • → Latvian: aprikoze
  • → Lithuanian: abrikosas
• → Indonesian: abrikos
• → Russian: абрико́с (abrikós), абрико́съ (abrikós) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
  • → Adyghe: абрикос (abrikʷos)
  • → Eastern Mari: абрикос (abrikos)
  • → Komi-Zyrian: абрикос (abrikos)
  • → Tatar: абрикос (abrikos)
• → Ukrainian: абрикос (abrykos)