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/pɛʃ/
Translation
peach; fishing
Word origin
Two unrelated words share this spelling. The fruit comes from Latin persica, short for malum persicum ('Persian apple'), which also gives English 'peach'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- persica
- English cognates
- peach
Other proposed origins
- The fishing sense is a separate word, formed from the verb pecher, from Vulgar Latin piscare, from Latin piscari ('to fish'), from piscis ('fish'). (piscari)
Grammar
Examples
Cette mûre.
This peach is nicely ripe.
aux .
We ate a peach tart.
tous .
My uncle goes fishing every Saturday.
cette .
Fishing is forbidden in this part of the river.
.
He is full of energy this morning.
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