aprikos

See also: Aprikos

Norwegian Bokmål

aprikos

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, plums), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkíā, apricot tree), from Ancient Greek πραικὄκῐον (praikókion), from (Late Latin persica) Latin praecocia (literally over-ripe (peaches)), (mālum) praecoquum (literally over-ripe (apple)). See English apricot for more info.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑprɪkuːs/
  • Rhymes: -uːs

Noun

aprikos m (definite singular aprikosen, indefinite plural aprikoser, definite plural aprikosene)

  1. apricot (fruit)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, plums), from Byzantine Greek βερικοκκῐ́ᾱ (berikokkíā, apricot tree), from Ancient Greek πραικὄκῐον (praikókion), from (Late Latin persica) Latin praecocia (literally over-ripe (peaches)), (mālum) praecoquum (literally over-ripe (apple)). See English apricot for more info.

Noun

aprikos m (definite singular aprikosen, indefinite plural aprikosar, definite plural aprikosane)

  1. apricot (fruit)

References

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aprikose, from Dutch abrikoos, from French abricots, plural of abricot, from Portuguese albricoque or Spanish albaricoque, from Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq), from Latin praecocia, form of praecox.

Pronunciation

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Noun

aprikos c

  1. (fruit) apricot
  2. apricot (color/colour)

Declension

Declension of aprikos 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative aprikos aprikosen aprikoser aprikoserna
Genitive aprikos aprikosens aprikosers aprikosernas

Adjective

aprikos (comparative mer aprikos, superlative mest aprikos)

  1. apricot (color/colour)
    Synonym: aprikosfärgad

Declension

Inflection of aprikos
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular aprikos mer aprikos mest aprikos
Neuter singular aprikost mer aprikost mest aprikost
Plural aprikosa mer aprikosa mest aprikosa
Masculine plural3 aprikose mer aprikosa mest aprikosa
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 aprikose mer aprikose mest aprikose
All aprikosa mer aprikosa mest aprikosa
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
  • aprikosmarmelad
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