Meaning
apricot
- the small, sweet, yellowish-orange stone fruit of the apricot tree
In a sentence
A colazione mangio sempre pane e marmellata di albicocche.
For breakfast I always eat bread and apricot jam.
Ho comprato un chilo di albicocche fresche al mercato.
I bought a kilo of fresh apricots at the market.
Ti piace il succo di albicocca?
Do you like apricot juice?
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| albicocca | feminine · singular |
| albicocche | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- The fruit is feminine ('albicocca'), while the tree is masculine ('albicocco').
- The plural is spelled 'albicocche' with 'ch' to preserve the hard /k/ sound.