Peach
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Pronunciation
- AHD: pēch
- IPA: /piːʧ/
- SAMPA: /pi:tS/
Etymology 1
Middle English peche, from Old French a peach, from Latin persica (meaning 'from Persia'), from Greek persikē, from feminine of Persikos (meaning 'Persian'). See perse.
Noun
peach (plural peaches)
- A small Chinese tree (Prunus persica), widely cultivated throughout temperate regions, having pink flowers and edible fruit.
- The soft juicy fruit of the peach tree, having yellow flesh, downy, red-tinted yellow skin, and a deeply sculptured pit or stone containing a single seed.
- A light moderate to strong yellowish pink to light orange color.
- (Informal) A particularly admirable or pleasing person or thing.
- The large, edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceous climbing shrub of west tropical Africa.
Translations
- Breton: pechez collective noun pechezenn singular f
- Catalan: préssec m
- Danish: fersken
- Dutch: perzik m (1,2) (f in Flemish (2)), perzikboom m
- French: pêche f
- Frisian: pjisk, perzik
- Galician: pexegueiro m (1), pexego m (2)
- German: Pfirsich m
- Greek: rodakino (Modern)
- Italian: pesco m (1), pesca f (2, 3)
- Latin: persica
- Russian: персик m (2)
- Spanish: melocotón m
Adjective
peach
- Of the color peach.
- Particularly pleasing or agreeable.
Synonyms
Agreeable, fair, orange, paragon, rosy.
Antonyms
Disagreeable, foul, ugly, unpleasant.
Etymology 2
Middle English pechen, from apechen (meaning 'to accuse') and empechen (same meaning), possibly from Anglo-Norman anpecher, from Late Latin impedicāre (meaning 'to entangle'). See impeach.
Intransitive verb
to peach (peached)
- (Obsolete) To inform on someone; turn informer.
Transitive verb
peach (peached)
- To inform against.
Synonyms
Sing, squeal, tattle.
Antonyms
Hide, keep secret.
