apse

See also apsē

English

an apse

Etymology

Via Latin apsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsis, “arch, vault”), from ἅπτω (haptō, “I bind, join”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /æps/, X-SAMPA: /{ps/

  Rhymes: -æps

Noun

apse (plural apses)

1. (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
2. The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches.
3. A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept.
4. (astronomy, obsolete) The nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit. More usually called an apsis.
5. (obsolete or dialectal) In some local dialects and in archaic usage, an aspen tree.

Translations

a semicircular projection from a building

• Bulgarian: аспида (bg) (aspida)
• Danish: apsis (da) m, korrunding (da) m
• Finnish: kuori (fi), apsis (fi), absidi (fi), apsidi (fi)
• Georgian: აფსიდა (ka) (ap’sida)
• German: Apsis (de) f

• Hungarian: apszis (hu)
• Irish: cúlbhá (ga) f
• Norwegian: apsis (no) m, korrunding (no) m
• Romanian: (architecture) absidă (ro) f
• Russian: апсида (ru) f (apsida)

astronomy: apsis — see apsis

obsolete or dialectal: aspen tree — see aspen

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Translations to be checked

• French: abside f (1)
• Italian: abside f (1)
• Spanish: ábside m (1), ábsida f (1), ápside (1)

See also

• The Wikipedia article on Apse.

Anagrams

• apes
• peas
• spae

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Apse

Latvian

Noun

apse f, 5th declension

1. aspen tree (esp. Populus tremula)

   apses koksne — aspen wood

   smaržīgā apse — fragrant aspen

   ātraudzīgā apse — fast-growing aspen

   trīc kā apšu lapa — (s/he) trembles like an aspen leaf

Declension

declension of apse

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	apse	apses
accusative (akuzatīvs)	apsi	apses
genitive (ģenitīvs)	apses	apšu
dative (datīvs)	apsei	apsēm
instrumental (instrumentālis)	apsi	apsēm
locative (lokatīvs)	apsē	apsēs
vocative (vokatīvs)	apse	apses