Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha-wmf case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 8170 6995207 2009-07-17T14:42:44Z Tbot 44393 updated t/t-/t+ templates {{also|APEX|ápex}} ==English== ===Etymology=== {{etyl|la}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun|pl=apices|pl2=apexes}} # The highest point of something. #: ''the apex of the building'' # {{figuratively}} The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. #: ''the apex of civilization'' # {{geometry}} The topmost [[vertex]] of a [[cone]] or [[pyramid]] (in their conventional orientation). # The pointed end of an object. #: ''the apex of a leaf'' # {{botany}} The end of a [[leaf]], [[petal]] or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support; the [[tip]]. ====Synonyms==== * {{sense|highest point}} [[peak]], [[top]], [[summit]] * {{sense|moment of greatest success, expansion, etc}} [[acme]], [[culmination]], [[height]], [[peak]], [[pinnacle]] * {{sense|pointed end}} [[end]], [[tip]] * See also [[Wikisaurus:apex]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|highest point}} * Arabic: {{t|ar|ذروة|sc=Arab}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|գագաթ|tr=gagat’|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|връх|sc=Cyrl}}, {{t|bg|връхна точка|sc=Cyrl}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|huippu}} {{trans-mid}} * German: {{t+|de|Gipfel|m}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|topo}}, {{t+|pt|cume}} * [[Telugu]]: [[అత్యున్నత]] (atyunnata), [[సర్వోన్నత]] (sarvOnnata) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|moment of greatest success, expansion, etc}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|huippu}}, {{t|fihuipentuma}} * German: {{t+|de|Gipfel|m}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Telugu]]: [[సర్వోత్కృష్ట]] (sarvOtkRshTa), [[ఉచ్ఛ]] (uccha) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|in geometry: topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid}} * Armenian: {{t-|hy|գագաթ|tr=gagatʿ|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|връх|sc=Cyrl}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|huippu}} * German: {{t+|de|Spitze|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|topo}} * [[Telugu]]: [[శీర్షము]] (Seershamu) {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|pointed end}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|huippu}} {{trans-mid}} * [[Telugu]]: [[కొన]] (kona) {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:English nouns with irregular plurals]] ---- ==Latin== ===Noun=== {{la-noun|apex|apicis|apicis|m|third}} # [[summit]] # [[top]] # {{inflection of|apex||voc|s|lang=la}} ====Inflection==== {{ladecl3}} {{la-decl-3rd|apex|apex|apic}} [[Category:Latin noun forms]] [[de:apex]] [[et:apex]] [[fa:apex]] [[fr:apex]] [[gl:apex]] [[io:apex]] [[pl:apex]] [[ru:apex]] [[ta:apex]] [[te:apex]] [[th:apex]] [[tr:apex]] [[vi:apex]] [[zh:apex]]