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See also Ape, and åpe

[edit] English

Wikipedia has an article on:

Ape

Wikipedia

Silvery gibbon (1)

[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English apa (“ape, monkey”), from Proto-Germanic *apô (“monkey, ape”), from Proto-Indo-European *abō- (“ape”). Cognate with Dutch aap (“monkey, ape”), Low German ape (“ape”), German Affe (“monkey, ape”), Swedish apa (“ape”), Icelandic api (“ape”).

[edit] Pronunciation

enPR: āp, IPA: /eɪp/, SAMPA: /eIp/
Rhymes: -eɪp

[edit] Noun

ape (plural apes)

An animal of a class of primates generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
(derogatory) An uncivilised person.

[edit] Hyponyms

See also Wikisaurus:ape

[edit] Derived terms

Terms derived from ape

[edit] Translations

animal

Afrikaans: aap (af)
Arabic: قرد (ar) (qird) m., حبن (ar) (ḥibn) m., سعدان (ar) (saʿdān) m.
Armenian: կապիկ (hy) (kapik)
Belarusian: (ape or monkey) малпа (be) (málpa) f.
Bulgarian: (ape or monkey) маймуна (bg) (majmúna) f.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 無尾猿 (zh), 无尾猿 (zh) (wúwěiyuán), 類人猿 (zh), 类人猿 (zh) (lèirényuán)
Czech: opice (cs) f.
Danish: abe (da) c.
Dutch: aap (nl) m., apin (nl) f., mensaap (nl) m.
Esperanto: homoideo (eo)
Estonian: ahv (et)
Faroese: apa (fo) f.
Finnish: apina (fi), ihmisapina (fi) (scientific)
French: singe (fr) m., hominoïdé (fr) m., singe anthropoïde (fr) m.
Georgian: მაიმუნი (ka) (maimuni)
German: Menschenaffe (de) m., (ape or monkey) Affe (de) m.
Greek: πίθηκος (el) (píthikos) m.
Hebrew: קוף אדם (he) (kof-adám) m.
Hindi: कपि (hi) (kapi) m., वानर (hi) (vānar) m.
Hungarian: majom (hu), emberszabású majom (hu)
Icelandic: api (is) m.
Indonesian: kera (id)
Italian: scimmia (it) f.
Japanese: (ape or monkey) 猿 (ja) (さる, saru), サル (ja) (saru), 類人猿 (ja) (るいじんえん, ruijin’en)
Khmer: ស្វា (km) (swaa)
Korean: (ape or monkey) 원숭이 (ko) (wonsung-i), 유인원 (ko) (yuin-weon) (類人猿 (ko))

Latin: sīmia (la) f., sīmius (la) m.
Lithuanian: beždžiõnė f., a member of the family w:Pongidae žmõgbeždžionė f.
Low German: Aap (nds) m.
Macedonian: мајмун (mk) (májmun) m.
Mongolian: сармагчин (mn) (sarmagčin)
Navajo: mágí
Norwegian: ape (no) c.
Old English: apa (ang) m.
Persian: میمون (fa) (meymun, maymun), کپی (fa) (kapi)
Polish: (ape or monkey) małpa (pl) f., małpa człekokształtna (pl) f.
Portuguese: macaco (pt) m.
Romanian: maimuță (ro) f.
Russian: (ape or monkey) обезьяна (ru) (obez’jána) f., человекообразная обезьяна (ru) (čelovekoobráznaja obez’jána) f., гоминоид (ru) (gominóid) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: мајмун (sh) m.

Roman: majmun (sh) m.
Slovak: opica (sk) f.
Slovene: opica (sl) f.
Spanish: mono (es) m.
Swedish: människoapa (sv) c., apa (sv) c.
Tajik: маймун (tg) (maymun)
Thai: (ape or monkey) จ๋อ (th) (jŏr)
Turkish: insansı maymun (tr)
Ukrainian: (ape or monkey) мавпа (uk) (mávpa) f.
Vietnamese: vượn (vi), siêu họ Người (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) lep (vo), (♂) hilep (vo), (♀) jilep (vo), (♂♀ offspring, young) lepül (vo), (♂) hilepül (vo), (♀) jilepül (vo), (diminutive, ♂♀) lepil (vo), (augmentative, ♂♀) lelep (vo)

derogatory: person

German: Affe (de) m.
Greek: πίθηκος (el) (píthikos) m.
Low German: Aap (nds) m.

Macedonian: мајмун (mk) (májmun) m.
Russian: обезьяна (ru) (obez’jána) f.

[edit] Verb

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

(intransitive) To behave like an ape.
(transitive) To imitate; mimic.
- 1961, J. A. Philip, "Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato," Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, vol. 92, p. 454,
  
  It is not conceived as a mere “aping” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.

[edit] Derived terms

aper

[edit] Translations

imitate

Bulgarian: подражавам (bg)
Dutch: na-apen (nl), nadoen (nl), nabootsen (nl), imiteren (nl)
Esperanto: simii (eo)
Finnish: matkia (fi), apinoida (fi)
French: singer (fr)
German: nachäffen
Greek: πιθηκίζω (el) (pithikízo)
Icelandic: apa eftir (is)
Persian: کپی کردن (fa) (kapi kardan), تقلید کردن (fa) (taqlid kardan)

Polish: małpować (pl), imitować (pl)
Portuguese: imitar (pt), macaquear (pt)
Russian: (act the ape) обезьянничать (ru) (obez’jánničat’), подражать (ru) (podražát’)
Spanish: remedar (es), imitar (es)
Swedish: härma (sv), apa efter (sv)
Ukrainian: мавпувати

[edit] Adjective

ape (not comparable)

Wild; crazy.

We were ape over the new look.

He went ape when he heard the bad news.

[edit] See also

monkey
troop (collective noun)
Appendix: Animals

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[edit] Corsican

[edit] Noun

ape f.

Plural form of apa.

[edit] Finnish

(index ap)

[edit] Noun

ape

horse feed
(colloquial) food

[edit] Declension

Declension of ape (type hame)

	singular	plural
nominative	ape	appeet
genitive	appeen	appeiden appeitten
partitive	apetta	appeita
accusative	ape appeen	appeet
inessive	appeessa	appeissa
elative	appeesta	appeista
illative	appeeseen	appeisiin appeihin
adessive	appeella	appeilla
ablative	appeelta	appeilta
allative	appeelle	appeille
essive	appeena	appeina
translative	appeeksi	appeiksi
instructive	–	appein
abessive	appeetta	appeitta
comitative	–	appeineen

[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Noun

ape (plural apes)

bee

[edit] Related terms

apicultura

[edit] Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

Ape

Wikipedia ^it

[edit] Pronunciation

Audio

(file)

[edit] Noun

ape f. (plural api)

bee
(familiar) honeybee

[edit] Synonyms

(2) ape da miele, ape domestica

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Verb

ape

second-person singular present active imperative of apō

[edit] Neapolitan

[edit] Noun

ape

Plural form of apa.

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /aːpe/

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse api.

[edit] Noun

ape

ape, monkey

[edit] Inflection

Inflection of ape

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål f	ape	apa	aper	apene
Bokmål m	ape	apen	aper	apene
Nynorsk f	ape [apa]	apa	aper [apor]	apene [apone]
Nynorsk m	ape	apen	apar	apane

[edit] References

“ape” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Alternative forms

apa (Nynorsk)

[edit] Verb

ape

To mimic or imitate.

[edit] Conjugation

Conjugation of ape in Bokmål

Inflection 1

Infinitive active	ape
Infinitive passive	apes
Present active	aper
Present passive	apes
Past	apa/apet
Present participle	apende
Past participle	apa/apet
Imperative	ap

Inflection 2

Infinitive active	ape
Infinitive passive	apes
Present active	aper
Present passive	apes
Past	apte
Present participle	apende
Past participle	apt
Imperative	ap

Conjugation of ape in Nynorsk

Inflection 1

Infinitive active	ape
Infinitive passive	apast
Present	apar
Past	apa
Present participle	apande
Past participle	apa
Imperative	ap

Inflection 2

Infinitive active	ape
Infinitive passive	apast
Present	aper
Past	apte
Present participle	apande
Past participle	apt
Imperative	ap

[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈape]

[edit] Noun

ape f. pl.

Plural form of apă.

ape

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[edit] Adjective

[edit] See also

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[edit] Corsican

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[edit] Finnish

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[edit] Declension

[edit] Interlingua

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[edit] Italian

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[edit] Synonyms

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[edit] Norwegian

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[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

[edit] Inflection

[edit] References

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Verb

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

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