peach
Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated…Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
» Take as many peaches as you like.
Nimm dir so viele Pfirsiche, wie du willst.
Возьми столько персиков, сколько хочешь.
Возьмите столько персиков, сколько хотите.
Бери столько персиков, сколько хочешь.
Берите столько персиков, сколько хотите.
Візьми стільки персиків, скільки хочеш.
Візьміть стільки персиків, скільки хочете.
Візьміть стільки персиків, скільки бажаєте.
Бери стільки персиків, скільки хочеш.
Meaning
6 senses(countable)Any tree of species Prunus persica, native to China and now widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
cultivated in temperate regions
(countable, uncountable)Soft juicy stone fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.
Pfirsichbaum, Pfirsich
пе́рсикpérsik, пе́рсиковое де́ревоpérsikovoje dérevo, пе́рсикpérsik
пе́рсикpérsyk, пе́рсикове де́ревоpérsykove dérevo, пе́рсикpérsyk
downy juicy fruit with sweet yellowish or whitish flesh
(uncountable)A light yellow-red colour.
пе́рсикpérsik, пе́рсиковыйpérsikovyj
(countable, informal)A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
(countable, often, plural, uncountable)Buttock or bottom.
(Cornwall, obsolete, uncountable)A particular rock found in tin mines, sometimes associated with chlorite.
Examples
155 sentencesTake as many peaches as you like.
Візьми стільки персиків, скільки хочеш.
ruВозьми столько персиков, сколько хочешь.
deNimm dir so viele Pfirsiche, wie du willst.
Take as many peaches as you want.
Візьми стільки персиків, скільки хочеш.
ruВозьми столько персиков, сколько хочешь.
deNimm dir so viele Pfirsiche, wie du willst.
Tom is a peach.
Том — гарнюня.
I don't like peaches.
Я не люблю персики.
ruНе люблю персики.
Who picked all the peaches?
Хто зібрав усі персики?
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English peche, borrowed from Old French pesche (French pêche), Vulgar Latin *pFrom Middle English peche, borrowed from Old French pesche (French pêche), Vulgar Latin *pessica (cf. Medieval Latin pesca) from Late Latin persica, from Classical Latin mālum persicum, from Ancient Greek μᾶλον περσικόν (mâlon persikón, “Persian apple”). Displaced Middle English persogȝe, from Old English persoc, ultimately from the same Latin root above.
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Forms
plural: peachesSynonyms
15 synonyms- cultivated in temperate regions:peach treePrunus persica
- a shade of pink tinged with yellow:yellowish pinkapricotsalmon pink
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman:smasherstunnerknockoutbeautyravishersweetheartlululooker
Word family
45 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable