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3-letter words (2 found)

APE,PEA,

2-letter words (4 found)

AE,EA,PA,PE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of ape

ape

Translingual

Symbol

ape

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Bukiyip.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Bukiyip terms

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: āp, IPA(key): /eɪp/
  • Rhymes: -eɪp

Etymology 1

From Middle English ape, from Old English apa (“ape, monkey”), from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô (“monkey, ape”), possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”), compare Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”) (hence English place name Avon, Irish abha, Welsh afon), if the word originally referred to a "water sprite". Traditionally assumed to be an ancient loanword instead, ultimately probably from an unidentified non-Indo-European language of regions in Africa or Asia where monkeys are native. Cognate with Scots aip (“ape”), West Frisian aap (“ape”), Dutch aap (“monkey, ape”), Low German Ape (“ape”), German Affe (“monkey, ape”), Swedish apa (“monkey, ape”), Icelandic api (“ape”).

Noun

ape (plural apes)

  1. A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
  2. Any such primate other than a human.
  3. (derogatory) An uncivilized person.
  4. One who apes; a foolish imitator.
Hyponyms
  • (young or small): apeling, apelet (uncommon)
  • (female): apess (rare)
  • See also Thesaurus:ape
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

ape (third-person singular simple present apes, present participle aping or apeing, simple past and past participle aped)

  1. (intransitive) To behave like an ape.
  2. (transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.
Derived terms
  • aper
Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of apeshit (“ape-shit (crazy)”).

Adjective

ape (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Wild; crazy.

See also

  • monkey
  • troop (collective noun)
  • Appendix: Animals

Anagrams

  • EAP, EPA, PAE, PEA, Pae, Pea, pea

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑː.pə/

Noun

ape

  1. plural of aap

Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin aqua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈape]

Noun

ape f (plural api, definite articulation apa)

  1. alternative form of apã

Bangka

Alternative forms

  • apo (Belinyu dialect)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *apa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa. Cognate of Malay apa.

Pronunciation

  • (Pangkalpinang, Toboali) IPA(key): [a.pɛ]
    • Rhymes: -pɛ, -ɛ
  • (Muntok) IPA(key): [a.pə]
    • Rhymes: -pə, -ə

Pronoun

apè or apê

  1. what

Further reading

  • "ape" in Susilo, Firman (2018) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Bangka – Indonesia [Bangka Malay – Indonesian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Indonesian), Pangkalpinang: Bangka-Belitung Language Center Office

Corsican

Noun

ape

  1. plural of apa

Finnish

Etymology

appaa +‎ -e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑpeˣ/, [ˈɑ̝pe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpe
  • Syllabification(key): a‧pe
  • Hyphenation(key): ape

Noun

ape

  1. horse feed
  2. (colloquial) food

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ape”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Guaraní

Pronunciation

Noun

ape

  1. back

Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin apis, apem.

Noun

ape (plural apes)

  1. bee

Related terms

  • apicultura

Italian

Etymology

From Latin apem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.pe/
  • Rhymes: -ape
  • Hyphenation: à‧pe

Noun

ape f (plural api)

  1. (entomology) bee
    Synonym: pecchia
  2. (colloquial) honeybee
    Synonyms: ape da miele, ape domestica

Related terms

Further reading

  • ape on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it

Anagrams

  • epa

Latin

Verb

ape

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of apō

References

  • “ape”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Mauritian Creole

Alternative forms

  • pe

Etymology

From French après. Compare Haitian Creole ap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(a)pe/

Verb

ape (medial form ape)

  1. (auxiliary) Used to indicate present progressive tense or the continuous tense in general, commonly shortened to "pe" in speech.

Related terms

  • ti ape

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

ape (non-possessed form tape)

  1. path
  2. road, street

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • eape, aape

Etymology

From Old English apa, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːp(ə)/

Noun

ape (plural apes or apen)

  1. An ape or monkey; a simian creature.
  2. A deceiver; a conman or charlatan.
  3. A gullible or foolish person.

Descendants

  • English: ape
  • Scots: ape, aip

References

  • “āpe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.

Neapolitan

Noun

ape

  1. plural of apa

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːpe/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse api.

Noun

ape f or m (definite singular apa or apen, indefinite plural aper, definite plural apene)

  1. ape, monkey
Related terms
  • apekatt
  • primat

Etymology 2

Verb

ape (imperative ap, present tense aper, passive apes, simple past apa or apet or apte, past participle apa or apet or apt, present participle apende)

  1. to ape, mimic or imitate.

References

  • “ape” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse api.

Noun

ape m (definite singular apen, indefinite plural apar, definite plural apane)

ape f (definite singular apa, indefinite plural aper, definite plural apene)

  1. ape, monkey
Related terms
  • apekatt
  • primat

Etymology 2

Verb

ape (present tense apar, past tense apa, past participle apa, passive infinitive apast, present participle apande, imperative ape/ap)

  1. e-infinitive form of apa

References

  • “ape” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈape]

Noun

ape

  1. inflection of apă:
    1. plural
    2. genitive/dative singular

Sardinian

Alternative forms

  • abe

Etymology

From Latin apis, apem. Compare Logudorese abe, Campidanese abi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈape/

Noun

ape f (plural apes)

  1. (Nuorese) bee

Derived terms

Related terms

References

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

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