albercoc
Catalan
Alternative forms
- abercoc, abircoc, abrecoc, abrecroc, abricoc, abricot, albaricoc, albecroc, albericoc, albricoc, ambercoc, aubericoc, aurecoc, baracoc, benacroc, bercoc, bericoc, bricoc, bricot, brioc, mercoc, obrecoc, ubercoc, abrebaracoc
Etymology
From Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”). Doublet of precoç.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [əl.βərˈkɔk]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [əl.bərˈkɔk]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [al.beɾˈkɔk]
Audio (Valencia): (file)
Noun
albercoc m (plural albercocs)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → English: abrecock, apricock, apricot
- → Middle French: abricot
- → Occitan: aubricot, ambricot, albricot
- → Basque: abrikot
Further reading
- “albercoc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “albercoc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “albercoc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “albercoc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.