bergamot

bergamot

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝɡəˌmɑt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːɡəˌmɒt/

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Etymology 1

French bergamote, from Italian bergamotta, from Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی‎ (beg armudu, literally “a lord's pear”), denoting a fattish kind of pear. The European word developed the sense of a fruit of a certain citrus cultivar in the late 17th century.

Noun

bergamot (countable and uncountable, plural bergamots)

1. A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
2. The fruit from the bergamot tree
3. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
   • 1782–1785, William Cowper, “(please specify the page)”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], OCLC 228757725:

     The better hand […] gives the nose its bergamot.

5. Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:
   1. Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
   2. Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
6. A variety of pear.
   • a. 1724, Philosophical Transactions:

     One of my Neighbours has a Bergamot Pear Tree, that was brought from England in a Box , about the Year 1643

Derived terms

• wild bergamot

Translations

tree

Finnish: bergamotti (fi) Greek: περγαμοντιά f (pergamontiá) Polish: bergamota (pl) f, bergamotka (pl) f Portuguese: bergamoteira f

fruit

Finnish: bergamotti (fi) Greek: περγαμόντο (el) n (pergamónto) Irish: beirgeamat m Polish: bergamota (pl) f, bergamotka (pl) f Portuguese: bergamota (pt) f

essence or perfume

Finnish: bergamottiesanssi (essence); bergamottiöljy (oil), bergamotti (fi)

variety of snuff

Mentha × piperita — see peppermint

Monarda didyma — see bee balm

variety of pear

Galician: bergamota (gl) f Polish: bergamota (pl) f, bergamotka (pl) f

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Translations to be checked

French: bergamote (1)(3)(4) Italian: bergamotto (it) m (1,3), bergamotta f (4) Persian: ترنج‎ (fa) (toranj)

See also

• Earl Grey (tea flavored with bergamot)

Further reading

• bergamot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bergamot in the 1920 edition of Encyclopedia Americana.

Etymology 2

From Bergamo.

Noun

bergamot (usually uncountable, plural bergamots)

1. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛr.ɣaːˈmɔt/

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• Hyphenation: ber‧ga‧mot
• Rhymes: -ɔt

Noun

bergamot f (plural bergamotten, diminutive bergamotje n)

1. bergamot (pear-shaped citrus fruit)

   Synonym: herenpeer

Derived terms

• bergamotboom
• bergamotolie
• bergamotpeer
• bergamotplant

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Romanian

Adjective

bergamot m or n (feminine singular bergamotă, masculine plural bergamoți, feminine and neuter plural bergamote)

1. Alternative form of pergamut

Declension

Declension of bergamot

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	bergamot		bergamotă	bergamoți	bergamote
	definite	bergamotul		bergamota	bergamoții	bergamotele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	bergamot		bergamote	bergamoți	bergamote
	definite	bergamotului		bergamotei	bergamoților	bergamotelor