Pomme pêche poire abricot

Pomme pêche poire abricot is a popular French nursery rhymes played in kindergarten and preschool.

Pomme pêche poire abricot (Apple, peach, pear, apricot) is a rhyme about fruits. This little tune is a game to help children get to know and differentiate between them.

Poor apricot!

It is fun to ask the children to find as many different logical reasons why the apricot is excluded from the list.

Here are 11 ideas:

• Abricot is the only word that doesn't start with a P (it is the only word without a P).
• There is one syllable for pomme, pêche and poire and three for abricot.
• Apricot is the only fruit in the basket that does not have five letters.
• The fruit that is in excess is the one that is masculine (un abricot).
• Apricot is the only fruit that does not end with the vowel "e".
• In general, apricots are not peeled, unlike the other fruits in the basket.
• The apricot is held whole in the mouth.
• Unlike the other fruits in the basket, abricot is the only one that does not end with a letter included in the name of France!
• Abricot is the only fruit that does not end with a letter that forms a semi-circle in its writing.
• The apricot was a spy, the others found him out, and threw him out of the basket!

Pomme pêche poire abricot

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The lyrics in French

The original song of Pomme pêche poire abricot 1 verse although there are many versions of the song.

Translation of the lyrics into English

Here is an approximative translation into English:

Verse

Apple, peach, pear, apricot
There's one, there's one
Apple, peach, pear, apricot
There's one that's in excess.
It's the apricot
That's in excess.