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les abricots
apricots
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How do you say abricots in French?
How do you pronounce abricots in French?
abricots is pronounced /le abʁiko/ in French.
Example sentences
Le abricot frais que j'ai acheté ce matin est délicieux.
The fresh apricot that I bought this morning is delicious.
Cet abricot sucré provient d'un verger biologique situé en Provence.
This sweet apricot comes from an organic orchard located in Provence.
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Why is it masculine?
Abricots is masculine. While it does derive from Arabic "al-birquq" (the apricot), the explanation for its masculine gender is speculative. The word was adopted into French via Spanish "albaricoque" in the 16th century. French noun gender is not reliably determined by source language articles; the masculine gender of "abricot" is better explained as either: (1) analogy with other masculine fruit names in French, or (2) the arbitrary gender assignment that occurred during lexicalization. The claim that the Arabic article "al-" directly influenced gender retention is linguistically questionable, as gender assignment in borrowing typically follows the borrowing language's patterns rather than source language morphology.
What is the French word for apricots?
The French word for apricots is les abricots — masculine.
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