bergamotto

Derived from bergamotta, from Ottoman Turkish بك آرمودی (beg armudu, literally “a lord's pear”).[1] The word developed the sense of the citrus cultivar in the late 17th century.

• IPA^(key): /ber.ɡaˈmɔt.to/
• Rhymes: -ɔtto
• Hyphenation: ber‧ga‧mòt‧to

bergamotto m (plural bergamotti)

1. (tree, fruit) bergamot, Citrus × bergamia

bergamotto (feminine bergamotta, masculine plural bergamotti, feminine plural bergamotte)

1. of the bergamot (pear or citrus)

   pero bergamotto ― bergamot pear tree

• bergamotta