apricot

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/, /ˈæ.pɹɪ.kɒt/
• (AU) IPA: /æepɹɪˈkɒt/, /æepɹɪˈkɔt/

Noun

apricot (plural apricots)

1. A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
2. The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca
3. A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

    

4. A dog with an orange-coloured coat.
5. (sniper slang) the junction of the brain and brain stem on a target, used as an aiming point to ensure a one-shot kill.
6. (slang, Australia, dated, usually, in the plural) A testicle.

Translations

• French: abricot
• German: Aprikose, Marille (Austria)
• Italian: albicocca
• Portuguese: damasco (Brazil), abricó, alperce, alperche
• Russian: абрико́с
• Spanish: albaricoque, chabacano (Mexico), damasco (Argentina)

Translations

• French: abricotier
• German: Aprikose, Marille (Austria), Aprikosenbaum
• Italian: albicocco
• Portuguese: damasqueiro
• Russian: абрико́с
• Spanish: albaricoquero

Translations

• French: abricot
• German: aprikosenfarben
• Portuguese: damasco
• Russian: абрико́совый
• Spanish: damasco

Adjective

apricot

1. Of a pale yellowish-orange colour, like that of an apricot.

Translations

• French: abricot
• German: apricot, aprikosenfarben
• Portuguese: damasco

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