alperce

Portuguese

Alternative forms

alperche

Etymology

From Spanish albérchigo.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpɛʁ.si/ [aʊ̯ˈpɛh.si]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /awˈpɛɾ.si/ [aʊ̯ˈpɛɾ.si]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈpɛʁ.si/ [aʊ̯ˈpɛχ.si]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /awˈpɛɻ.si/ [aʊ̯ˈpɛɻ.si]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈpɛʁ.se/ [aʊ̯ˈpɛh.se]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈpɛɾ.sɨ/ [aɫˈpɛɾ.sɨ]

Hyphenation: al‧per‧ce

Noun

alperce m (plural alperces)

apricot (fruit)
Synonyms: damasco, apricó, abricô, abricó, abricoque, abricote, alberge, albricoque, alpece, alperche

Related terms

alperceiro

Further reading

“alperce”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“alperce”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026