Peach

Sweet peaches growing on a peach tree branch

Prunus persica

Peach (Wiktionary)

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pēch, IPA(key): /piːt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -iːtʃ

Etymology 1

From 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).

Noun

peach (plural

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