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.
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» Take as many peaches as you like.
Nimm dir so viele Pfirsiche, wie du willst. — MUIRIEL
Возьми столько персиков, сколько хочешь. — corvard
Возьмите столько персиков, сколько хотите. — marafon
Бери столько персиков, сколько хочешь. — marafon
Берите столько персиков, сколько хотите. — marafon
Візьми стільки персиків, скільки хочеш. — deniko
Візьміть стільки персиків, скільки хочете. — deniko
Візьміть стільки персиків, скільки бажаєте. — deniko
Бери стільки персиків, скільки хочеш. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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. — deniko
ruВозьми столько персиков, сколько хочешь. — corvard
deNimm dir so viele Pfirsiche, wie du willst. — MUIRIEL
Take as many peaches as you want.
Візьми стільки персиків, скільки хочеш. — deniko
ruВозьми столько персиков, сколько хочешь. — corvard
deNimm dir so viele Pfirsiche, wie du willst. — MUIRIEL
Tom is a peach.
Том — гарнюня. — deniko
I don't like peaches.
Я не люблю персики. — deniko
ruНе люблю персики. — Wezel
Who picked all the peaches?
Хто зібрав усі персики? — deniko
Translations
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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
14 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:smasherstunnerknockoutbeautysweetheartlululookermantrap
Word family
44 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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