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Plural of apricot

regular plural

The plural of apricot is apricots.

Forms of apricot

Singularapricot /ˈeɪ.pɹɪ.kɒt/
Pluralapricots
Countablecountable and uncountable

Apricots in a sentence

  • Hot water has always made my apricots sag.Quoted in 2014, Tony Thorne, Dictionary of Contemporary Slang (page 10)
  • Behind the glass are glistening sachertorten, baked cheesecakes, and sausage rolls with apricots.2009, Time Out, “Luca’s”, in Time Out London Eating & Drinking 2010: London’s Definitive Restaurant Guide, 27th edition, London: Time Out…. From the entry sachertorte
  • Hoeryong is known for its white apricots and as the centre of this province’s metallurgical and coal industries.2008, Robert Willoughby, “Northernmost Corner”, in North Korea (Bradt Travel Guides), 2nd edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 192. From the entry Hoeryong
  • Furthermore, the glaze really tastes like apricots with a hint of Kirsch rather than the bubblegummy taste of lower quality products.1998, Tom Neuhaus, The Informed Chef, Neuhaus Features, →ISBN, page 61. From the entry bubblegummy
  • Dried apricots eaten with cake should be soaked and simmered first, eaten with cheese they should be aboriginally dry.1978, Iris Murdoch, chapter 3, in The Sea, the Sea, London: Chatto & Windus, pages 181–182. From the entry aboriginally

Meaning of apricot

  1. noun A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
  2. noun The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.
  3. noun A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit.

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Questions about the plural of apricot

What is the plural of apricot?
The plural of apricot is apricots.
Is apricot countable?
Apricot is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apricot (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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