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/ Hyphenation: abri‧koos Rhymes: -oːs === Noun === abrikoos m or f (plural abrikozen, diminutive abrikoosje n) apricot ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: appelkoos → German: Aprikose→ Estonian: aprikoos→ Kashubian: aprikóza (dated)→ Latvian: aprikoze→ Lithuanian: abrikosas→ Lower Sorbian: aprikoza→ Silesian: aprikŏza→ Upper Sorbian: aprikoza → Indonesian: abrikos → Russian: абрико́с (abrikós), абрико́съ (abrikós) — pre-1918 spelling→ Adyghe: абрикос (abrikʷos)→ Eastern Mari: абрикос (abrikos)→ Komi-Zyrian: абрикос (abrikos)→ Tatar: абрикос (abriqos)→ Udmurt: абрикос (abrikos) → Ukrainian: абрикос (abrykos)