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apricot

/ˈeɪpɹəˌkɒt/AY-pruh-kot
/ˈeɪpɹəˌkɑt/AY-pruh-kaht

Meaningearly-ripened

Common meaning: an orange, soft fruit

Journey through time

  1. Latinpraecoqua‘early-ripe’source
  2. Arabical-barquqsource
  3. Portuguesealbricoque‘an apricot’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsearly-ripe → an orange, soft fruitapricot‘an orange, soft fruit’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin praecoqua ‘early-ripened’.

Roots

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