Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha 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 2154 6861393 2009-06-22T04:41:22Z Caladon 120089 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/82.2.227.49|82.2.227.49]] ([[User_talk:82.2.227.49|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:Interwicket|Interwicket]] {{also|Apple|A.P.P.L.E.|äpple}} ==English== {{wikipedia}} [[Image:Apple red delicius flower end.jpg|thumb|A red apple]] ===Etymology=== From {{etyl|ang|en}} {{term|æppel||fruit, apple|lang=ang}} < {{proto|Germanic|apala-|lang=en}} < {{proto|Indo-European|abl-||ablu-|lang=en}}. Cognate with Scots {{term|aipple|lang=sco}}, Dutch {{term|appel|lang=nl}}, German {{term|Apfel|lang=de}}, Swedish {{term|äpple|lang=sv}}; and (''from IE'') with Irish {{term|úll|lang=ga}}, Lithuanian {{term|obuolys|lang=lt}}, Russian {{term|яблоко|tr=jábloko|lang=ru|sc=Cyrl}}, Serbian {{term|јабука|tr=jabuka|lang=sr|sc=Cyrl}}. ===Pronunciation=== * {{enPR|ăpʹ(ə)l}}, {{IPA|/ˈæpl̩/|/ˈæpəl/}}, {{SAMPA|1=/"{pl=/|2=/"{p@l/}} * {{audio|en-us-apple.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|æpəl}} ===Noun=== {{en-noun}} # A [[common]], [[round]] [[fruit]] produced by the [[tree]] ''[[Malus domestica]]'', cultivated in [[temperate]] climates. # A [[tree]] growing such fruit, of the genus ''Malus''; the [[apple tree]]. # The [[wood]] of the apple tree. # {{context|in plural|Cockney rhyming slang}} Short for '''[[apples and pears]]'''. # {{context|baseball|slang|obsolete}} The [[ball]] in baseball. ====Derived terms==== {{rel-top|terms derived from ''apple''}} * [[Adam's apple]] * [[alligator apple]] * [[an apple a day]], [[an apple a day keeps the doctor away]] * [[Apple]] * [[apples and oranges]], [[apples to oranges]] (''to compare'') * [[apples and pears]] * [[apple aphid]], [[apple-aphis]] * [[apple-bee]] * [[apple-berry]] * [[apple blight]] * [[apple blossom]] * [[apple borer]] * [[apple-box]] * [[apple brandy]] * [[apple brown tortrix]] * [[apple bud and leaf mite]] * [[apple bud moth]] * [[apple bud weevil]] * [[apple-bug]] * [[apple butter]] * [[apple cake]] * [[apple canker]] * [[applecart]] * [[apple charlotte]] * [[apple-cheeked]] * [[apple-cheese]] * [[apple cider]] * [[apple clearwing moth]] * [[apple core]] * [[apple-corer]] * [[apple-crook]] * [[apple crumble]] * [[appled]] * [[the apple doesn't fall far from the tree]] * [[apple domain]] * [[apple-domed]] * [[apple-dowdy]] * [[apple-drane]], [[apple-drone]] * [[apple drops]] * [[apple dumpling]] * [[apple dumplin shop]] * [[apple-eating]] * [[apple-faced]] * [[apple-fallow]] * [[apple fly]] * [[apple fritter]] * [[apple fruit weevil]] * [[apple fruit rhynchites]] * [[apple-garth]] * [[apple geranium]] * [[apple grain aphid]] * [[apple-grass aphid]] * [[apple green]], [[apple-green]] * [[apple-grey]] * [[apple-gum]] * [[apple head]], [[applehead]] * [[apple-headed]] * [[apple ice wine]] * [[Apple Isle]]<!--Australian: Tasmania--> * [[apple-jack]], [[applejack]] * [[apple jacks]] * [[apple jelly]] * [[apple jelly nodules]] * [[apple-john]] * [[apple juice]] * [[apple-knocker]] * [[apple leaf miner]] * [[appleless]] * [[apple liqueur]] * [[apple maggot]] * [[apple martini]] * [[apple midge]] * [[apple mint]], [[applemint]] * [[apple-monger]] * [[apple-mose]] * [[apple-moss]] * [[apple-moth]] * [[apple nut]] * [[apple of Adam]] * [[apple of discord]] * [[apple of love]] * [[apple of Peru]] * [[apple of Sodom]] * [[apple of somebody's eye]], [[apple of the eye]] * [[apple-oil]] * [[apple orchard]] * [[apple pandowdy]] * [[apple-pear]] * [[apple-peeler]] * [[apple-peru]] * [[apple pie]]<!--"apple-pie bed", "apple-pie order" and "as American as apple pie" all moved to "apple pie"--> * [[apple-plum]] * [[apple-polish]] * [[apple-polisher]] * [[apple-polishing]] * [[apple-pomice]] * [[apple potato bread]] * [[apple Punic]] * [[apple pygmy moth]] * [[apple root aphid]] * [[apple rust]] * [[apple rust mite]] * [[apples]]<!--short form of "apples and pears" and "apples and rice", Cockney and Australian rhyming slang respectively--> * [[apples and pears]]<!--Cockney rhyming slang for "stairs"--> * [[apple sauce]], [[applesauce]] * [[apple sawfly]] * [[apple scab]] * [[apple schnapps]] * [[apple-scoop]] * [[apple seed]], [[appleseed]] * [[apple shell]] * [[apple small ermine moth]] * [[apple-snail]] * [[apple-slump]] * [[apple snow]] * [[apples of gold]] * [[apple of one's eye]], [[apple of somebody's eye]] * [[Apples of the Hesperides]] * [[apple sourpuss]] * [[apple's queen]] * [[apple-squire]] * [[apple strudel]] * [[apple sucker]] * [[apple tart]] * [[appletini]] * [[Appletise]], [[Appletiser]] * [[apple tree]] * [[apple turnover]] * [[apple twig-cutter]] * [[w:Apple Valley|Apple Valley]] * [[Apple Wassail]] * [[apple-water]] {{rel-mid}} * [[apple wedger]] * [[apple weevil]], [[apple blossom weevil]] * [[apple-wife]] * [[apple wine]] * [[apple-woman]] * [[applewood]] * [[apple worm]] * [[apple-wort]] * [[apple-yard]] * [[a rotten apple spoils the barrel]] * [[as sure as God made little apples]], [[sure as God made little apples]] * [[bad apple]] * [[bake-apple]], [[bakeapple]], [[baked-apple]] * [[baking apple]] * [[Baldwin apple]] * [[balm-apple]] * [[balsam apple]] * [[bell apple]] * the [[Big Apple]] * [[bitter apple]] * [[blade apple]] * [[bob for apples]] * [[bobbing for apples]] * [[Bragi's apples]] * [[candied apple]], [[candy apple]] * [[caramel apple]] * [[cashew apple]] * [[cedar apple]] * [[cedar-apple rust]] * [[cherry apple]] * [[chess-apple]] * [[cider-apple]] * [[common thorn apple]] * [[compare apples with apples]] * [[cooking apple]] * [[crab apple]], [[crabapple]] * [[Criterion apple]] * [[custard apple]] * [[Dead-Sea apple]] * [[desert thorn-apple]] * [[dessert apple]] * [[devil's apple]] * [[devil's apples]] * [[earth-apple]] * [[eating apple]] * [[egg apple]] * [[elephant apple]] * [[golden apple]] * [[green apple aphid]] * [[hedge apple]] * [[hogapple]] * [[horseapple]] * [[how do you like them apples]]? * [[Indian apple]] * [[Jamaica apple]] * [[java apple]] * [[Jew's apple]] * [[John-apple]] <!--moved to "appleseed" *[[w:Johnny Appleseed|Johnny Appleseed]]--> * [[June-apple]] * [[kai apple]] * [[kangaroo apple]] * [[kei-apple]] * [[lady apple]] * the [[Little Apple]] * [[love apple]] * [[Macoun apple]] * [[mad apple]] * [[Malay apple]] * [[mamey apple]] * [[mammee apple]] * [[mandrake apple]] * [[May apple]], [[mayapple]] * [[McIntosh]] * [[median apple]] * [[Micah Rood's apples]] * [[monkey apple]] * [[monkey apple tree]] * [[oak apple]], [[oak-apple]] * [[Otaheite apple]] * [[pear-apple]] * [[Persian apple]] * [[Peruvian apple cactus]] * [[pineapple]] * [[pink fir apple]] * [[pitch apple]] * [[polish the apple]] * [[pond apple]] * [[potato apple]], [[potato-apple]] * [[prairie apple]] * [[prairie crab apple]] * [[prickly custard apple]] * [[Punic apple]] * [[queen apple]] * [[road apple]] * [[road apples]] * [[rose apple]] * [[rotten apple]] * [[sage-apple]] * [[sea-apple]] * [[seven-year apple]] * [[sheld-apple]], [[shell-apple]] * [[she'll be apples]], [[she's apples]] * [[Snapple]] * [[snow-apple]] * [[soap apple]] * [[sorb-apple]] * [[southern crab apple]] * [[star apple]] * [[stocking-apple]] * [[stone apple]] * [[sugar apple]] * [[sweet apple]] * [[taffy apple]], [[toffee apple]] * [[thorn apple]] * [[toffee apple]] * [[tropical soda apple]] <!--moved to "applecart": *[[upset the applecart]]--> * [[vi-apple]] * [[vine apple]] * [[water apple]] * [[wax apple]] * [[Westbury apple]] * [[wild apple]] * [[wild balsam apple]] * [[wine apple]] * [[winter apple]] * [[wolf apple]] * [[wood apple]] * [[woolly apple aphid]] {{rel-bottom}} ====Related terms==== * [[malic]] ====Translations==== {{trans-top|fruit}} * [[Afrikaans]]: [[appel#Afrikaans|appel]] * [[Alabama]]: [[takkólchoba]] * Albanian: {{t-|sq|mollë|f|xs=Albanian}} * [[Amharic]]: {{tø|am|ፖም|tr=pom|sc=Ethi}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[تفاحة]]}} (tufāħa) {{f}} * Armenian: {{t+|hy|խնձոր|tr=xnjor|sc=Armn|xs=Armenian}} * [[Azeri]]: {{t+|az|alma|xs=Azeri}} * [[Bashkir]]: {{t-|ba|алма|tr=alma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Bashkir}} * [[Basque]]: [[sagar]] * Belarusian: [[яблык]] (jábłyk) * Bengali: {{BNchar|[[আেপল]]}} * Bosnian: {{t-|bs|jabuka|f}} * [[Breton]]: [[aval]] {{m}}, avaloù {{p}} * Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|ябълка|f|tr=jabǎlka|sc=Cyrl}} * Burmese: [[ပန္းသီး]] (pàn.đì) * [[Catalan]]: {{t+|ca|poma|f}} * [[Chechen]]: [[Iаж]] * Cherokee: {{t+|chr|ᏒᎦᏔ|tr=sǝgata|sc=Cher|xs=Cherokee}} * Chinese: *: Mandarin: {{zh-ts|蘋果|苹果}} (píngguǒ) *: Min Nan: [[蓬果]] ([[phōng-kó]]) *: Taiwanese Min Nan: [[lìn-go]] * [[Crimean Tatar]]: {{tø|crh|alma}} * Croatian: {{t+|hr|jabuka|f|alt=jȁbuka}} * Czech: {{t+|cs|jablko|n}} * Danish: {{t+|da|æble}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|appel|m}} * [[Erzya]]: [[умарь]] (umary), [[сад умарь]] (sad umary) * Esperanto: {{t+|eo|pomo|xs=Esperanto}} * Estonian: {{t+|et|õun}} * Faroese: {{t-|fo|súrepli|n|xs=Faroese}} * Filipino: [[mansanas]] {{f}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|omena}} * French: {{t+|fr|pomme|f}} * [[Gagauz]]: {{tø|gag|alma}} * [[Galician]]: [[mazá]] {{f}} * Georgian: {{t-|ka|ვაშლი|tr=vašli|xs=Georgian}} * German: {{t+|de|Apfel|m}} * Greek: {{t+|el|μήλο|n|tr=mílo|sc=Grek}} * [[Gujarati]]: [[સફરજન]] * Hawaiian: [[ʻāhia]] * Hebrew: [[תפוח|תַּפּוּחַ]] (tapuakh) {{m}} * Hindi: [[सेब]] (seb) * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|alma}} * Icelandic: {{t+|is|epli|n}} * Indonesian: [[apel]] (2) * Irish: {{t+|ga|úll|m|xs=Irish}} * Italian: {{t+|it|mela|f}} * Japanese: {{t+|ja|林檎|tr=[[りんご]], ringo|sc=Jpan}}, {{t+|ja|りんご|ringo|tr=ringo|sc=Jpan}} * {{trreq|Kannada}} * [[Karachay-Balkar]]: {{tø|krc|алма|tr=alma|sc=Cyrl}} * [[Karakalpak]]: {{tø|kaa|alma}} * Kazakh: {{t-|kk|алма|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}}, {{t-|kk|алма|tr=alma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kazakh}} * [[Khmer]]: {{Khmr|[[ប៉ុម]]}} (pom) * Korean: [[사과]] (sagwa) * [[Kumyk]]: {{tø|kum|алма|tr=alma|sc=Cyrl}} * Kurdish: {{t+|ku|sêv}}, {{t+|ku|سێو|sc=ku-Arab}} * [[Kyrgyz]]: {{t+|ky|алма|tr=alma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Kyrgyz}} * [[Kölsch]]: {{tø|ksh|Appel}} {{trans-mid}} * Latin: {{t+|la|malum|n}} * Latvian: {{t+|lv|ābols|m|xs=Latvian}} * [[Lingua Franca Nova]]: {{tø|lfn|poma}} * Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|obuolys|m|xs=Lithuanian}} * [[Lower Sorbian]]: [[jabłuko]] {{n}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|јаболко|n|tr=jábolko|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * [[Malagasy]]: [[paoma]] * Malay: {{t+|ms|epal|xs=Malay}} * Maltese: {{t-|mt|tuffieħa|xs=Maltese}} * [[Manx]]: {{t|gv|ooyl|f|xs=Manx}} * Maori: [[āporo]] * [[Marathi]]: [[सफरचंद]] (safarchand) * Mongolian: [[алим]] (alim) * [[Neapolitan]]: [[mìlo]], [[méla]] * [[Nogai]]: {{tø|nog|алма|tr=alma|sc=Cyrl}} * Norwegian: {{t+|no|eple|n}} * [[Novial]]: [[pome]] * [[Occitan]]: [[poma]] {{f}} * [[Old Church Slavonic]]: {{tø|cu|аблъко|n|tr=ablŭko|sc=Cyrs|xs=Old Church Slavonic}} * Old English: {{t+|ang|æppel|m|xs=Old English}} * [[Old Irish]]: {{tø|sga|uball|n}} * [[Ossetian]]: {{tø|os|фæткъуы|tr=fætkʺuy|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ossetian}} * Persian: {{fa-Arab|[[سیب]]}} (sib) * Polish: {{t+|pl|jabłko|n}} * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|maçã|f}} * [[Punjabi]]: [[ਸਿਓ]] (siō), [[ਸੇਬ]] (sēb) * [[Rohingya]]: [[sép]] * [[Romani]]: [[aṗái]]; [[ṗabǝ́y]], {{tø|rom|phabaj|f}} * Romanian: {{t+|ro|măr|n}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|яблоко|n|tr=jábloko|sc=Cyrl}} * Samoan: [['apu]] * [[Scots]]: [[aipple]] * [[Scottish Gaelic]]: {{t-|gd|ubhal|m|xs=Scottish Gaelic}} * Serbian: *: Cyrillic: [[јабука#Serbian|јабука]] {{f}} *: Roman: [[jabuka#Serbian|jabuka]] {{f}} * [[Sindhi]]: {{sd-Arab|[[صوف|صُوفُ]]}} (soofu) {{m}} * Slovak: {{t-|sk|jablko|n}} * Slovene: {{t+|sl|jabolko|n}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|manzana|f}} * Swahili: [[tofaa]] ''(nc 5/6)'' * Swedish: {{t+|sv|äpple|n}} * [[Tajik]]: [[себ]] * [[Tamil]]: [[ஆப்பழம்]] (aappazham) * [[Tatar]]: {{t-|tt|alma|xs=Tatar}} * [[Telugu]]: [[కాయ]] (kāya) * Turkish: {{t+|tr|elma}} * Turkmen: {{t+|tk|alma|xs=Turkmen}} * Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|яблуко|n|tr=jabluko|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}} * [[Upper Sorbian]]: [[jabłuko]] {{n}} * Urdu: {{ur-Arab|[[سیب]]}} (seb) * [[Uyghur]]: {{t|ug|ئالما|tr=alma|sc=ug-Arab|xs=Uyghur}} * Uzbek: {{t-|uz|olma|xs=Uzbek}} * Vietnamese: {{t-|vi|quả táo|xs=Vietnamese}}, {{t|vi|trái táo}} * [[Walloon]]: [[peme]] * Welsh: {{t-|cy|afal|xs=Welsh}} * [[Yakut]]: {{tø|sah|яблоко|tr=yabloko|sc=Cyrl}}, {{tø|sah|дьаабылака|tr=caabılaka|sc=Cyrl}} * Yiddish: {{t|yi|עפּל|m|tr=epl|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-see|tree|apple tree}} {{trans-top|wood}} * Croatian: {{t|hr|jabukovina|f|alt=jȁbukovina}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|omenapuu}} * French: {{t+|fr|pommier|m}} * German: [[Apfelholz]] {{n}} * Greek: [[μηλιά]] (mīljá) {{f}} * Italian: {{t+|it|melo|m}} * [[Macedonian]]: {{t|mk|јаболковина|f|tr=jabolkóvina|sc=Cyrl|xs=Macedonian}} * Polish: {{t|pl|jabłoń|f}} {{trans-mid}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|яблоня|f|tr=jáblonja|sc=Cyrl}} * Serbian: [[jabukovina]] {{f}} * Slovene: [[jablanovina]] {{f}} * Swedish: [[apelträ]] {{n}} * Turkish: {{t+|tr|elma}} * Vietnamese: [[gỗ]] táo * Welsh: [[coeden afalau]], (lit.)[[afallen]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-see|apples and pears (''Cockney rhyming slang'')|apples and pears}} {{checktrans-top}} * {{ttbc|Galician}}: [[maceira]] {{f}} (1), [[mazá]] {{f}} (2) * {{ttbc|Kannada}}: (sebu) {{trans-bottom}} [[Category:1000 English basic words]] [[Category:Fruits]] [[Category:Trees]] [[af:apple]] [[ar:apple]] [[az:apple]] [[zh-min-nan:apple]] [[bg:apple]] [[ca:apple]] [[da:apple]] [[de:apple]] [[et:apple]] [[el:apple]] [[es:apple]] [[fa:apple]] [[fr:apple]] [[ga:apple]] [[gl:apple]] [[gu:apple]] [[ko:apple]] [[hy:apple]] [[hi:apple]] [[io:apple]] [[id:apple]] [[is:apple]] [[it:apple]] [[ka:apple]] [[ks:apple]] [[kk:apple]] [[ky:apple]] [[sw:apple]] [[ku:apple]] [[lo:apple]] [[lt:apple]] [[hu:apple]] [[my:apple]] [[nl:apple]] [[ja:apple]] [[no:apple]] [[oc:apple]] [[pa:apple]] [[pl:apple]] [[pt:apple]] [[ro:apple]] [[ru:apple]] [[simple:apple]] [[sr:apple]] [[fi:apple]] [[sv:apple]] [[tl:apple]] [[ta:apple]] [[te:apple]] [[th:apple]] [[chr:apple]] [[tr:apple]] [[uk:apple]] [[vi:apple]] [[vo:apple]] [[zh:apple]]