nuċiprisk

Maltese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian nucipèrsicu, now meaning “cypress” in Sicily despite presumably traditionally meaning “nectarine” as it still does in Calabria, or Italian noce persica (“nectarine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nu.t͡ʃɪpˈrɪsk/

Noun

nuċiprisk m (collective, singulative nuċipriska, paucal nuċipriskiet)

  1. nectarine (tree)
  2. nectarine (fruit)
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