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] === Noun === albercoc m (plural albercocs) apricot ==== Derived terms ==== albercoquer ==== Descendants ==== → English: abrecock, apricock, apricot → Middle French: abricot French: abricot→ Basque: abrikot→ Portuguese: abricote, abricó → Dutch: abrikoos (via abricots (plural)) (see there for further descendants) → 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, 2026 “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.