Apache

See also: apache and apaché

English

Portraits of some Apaches (members of any of several native peoples of southwestern USA)

Etymology

From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name.

The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ə-păch'ē, IPA^(key): /əˈpæ.t͡ʃi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ætʃi

Proper noun

Apache

1. The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.

   Synonyms: Apachean, Southern Athabaskan

2. A town in Oklahoma, United States. See Apache, Oklahoma.
3. (computing, informal) Apache HTTP Server, a widely used open source web server software suite. [released in 1995]
   • 2002, Daniel López Ridruejo, Daniel Lopez, Ian Kallen, Sams Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours‎^[1], Sams Publishing, page 62:

     This list is necessary so Apache can set the right HTTP headers when a certain file is requested.

   • 2003, Scott Hawkins, BEA WebLogic Server Administration Kit‎^[2], page 59:

     This section discusses the process of configuring Apache to participate in WebLogic clusters. Apache is a Web server, the most popular one, actually.

   • 2014, Matthew Helmke, Ubuntu Unleashed 2015 Edition: Covering 14.10 and 15.04‎^[3], Sams Publishing, page 496:

     IBM made an early commitment to support and use Apache as the basis for its web offerings and has dedicated substantial resources to the project because it makes more sense to use an established, proven web server.

Derived terms

• Apache NetBeans
• Western Apache

Translations

Apache language

• Apache:

  Western Apache: Ndee biyáti’, Nnee biyátiʼ

• Catalan: apatxe m
• Czech: apačština f
• Finnish: apassi (fi)
• French: apache (fr) m
• German: Apachisch n, Apatschisch n
• Greek: απάτσι f (apátsi)
• Hungarian: apacs (hu)
• Irish: Apáitsis f
• Portuguese: apache (pt) m
• Russian: апа́чи (ru) m (apáči)
• Slovak: apačtina f
• Spanish: apache (es) m

town

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿帕奇 (Āpàqí)

• French: Apache (fr)
• Greek: Απάτσι (el) f (Apátsi)
• Russian: Апа́чи (ru) m (Apáči)

Noun

Apache (plural Apaches or Apache)

1. Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
   • 1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24:

     Away up at the sources of the Gila, where the pines and cedars stand and where creeks and valleys are found, is a part of the Apache land.

2. A person belonging to an Apache people.
3. (historical) A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

   Alternative form: apache

   • 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “What Happened in the Rue Maule”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 35:

     But the brain, and the agility, and the muscles that had coped with the mighty strength and cruel craftiness of Terkoz and Numa in the fastness of their savage jungle were not to be so easily subdued as these apaches of Paris had believed.

   • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 115:

     “He had the big paper knife in his hand, and ‘Mind, Dorcas,’ he says, ‘you’ll have to be very respectful. This is my specially sharpened scimitar, and it’s off with your head if I’m at all displeased with you!’ Miss Cynthia, she was what they call an Apache, or some such name—a Frenchified sort of cut-throat, I take it to be. A real sight she looked. You’d never have believed a pretty young lady like that could have made herself into such a ruffian.”

4. (military, plural only "Apaches") AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.

Derived terms

• Apache County
• Apache fiddle
• apacheism
• Apache Junction
• Apacheness
• Apacheria

Translations

Apache people

• Apache:

  Western Apache: ndé

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿帕奇人 (Āpàqírén), 阿帕奇族 (Āpàqízú)

• Czech: Apači m pl, Apačové m pl
• Danish: apache c
• Esperanto: apaĉaro (collective), apaĉoj (eo)
• Faroese: apassjari m
• Finnish: apassit, apaššit (fi)
• French: Apaches (fr) m pl
• German: Apachen m pl, Apatschen m pl
• Greek: Απάτσι (el) m pl (Apátsi)
• Hungarian: apacs (hu)
• Irish: Apáitseach m
• Lakota: Čhíŋčakiŋze
• Manx: Apashyn f pl
• Polish: Apacze m pl
• Portuguese: apaches m pl
• Russian: апа́чи (ru) m anim (apáči), апа́чи (ru) m anim pl (apáči)
• Slovak: Apači m pl
• Tagalog: Apatse
• Taos: xíwana
• Unami: Tashiyok pl
• Zuni: Wilats’u:kwe

Apache person

• Apache:

  Chiricahua: Chúhéne, Chidikáágu, Ch’úúk’anén, Ndé’indaaú (Chiricahua person); Mashgalén (Mescalero person)

  Chiricahua: Ch’uk’anende, Chishende, Ndéndaa’, Tséghát’ahénde, Chihende, Shá’i’ánde (Chiricahua person); Higaali (Jicarilla person); Túntsande, Tú’é’dinénde (Lipan person); Guułgahénde, Mashgalénde, Niit’ahénde (Mescalero person); Keeditłénde (Plains Apache); Bínii édinénde (Western Apache)

  Jicarilla: Abáachii

  Western Apache: Dilzhę́’é (Tonto or San Carlos); Ha’i’ą́há, Hák’ą́yé (Chiricahua); Mashgalé (Mescalero); Tsék’aadn (San Carlos); Ndee, Nnee (Western Apache in general); Dziłghą́’é, Dziłghą’á, Dziłt’aadn, Łį́nabaahé, Łį́nabaahá (White Mountain)

• Catalan: apatxe m or f
• Czech: Apač (cs) m, Apačka f
• Danish: apache c
• Esperanto: apaĉo (eo), apaĉino (female)
• Faroese: apassjari m
• Finnish: apassi (fi), apašši (fi)
• French: Apache (fr) m or f
• German: Apache (de) m, Apachin (de) f, Apatsche m, Apatschin f
• Greek: Απάτσι (el) m or f (Apátsi)
• Hungarian: apacs (hu)
• Irish: Apáitseach
• Manx: Apash f
• Navajo: Chíshí (Chiricahua); Beehai (Jicarilla); Tsétah chíshí (Lipan); Naashgalí (Mescalero); Dziłghą́ʼí (White Mountain or Cibecue Western Apache)
• Polish: Apacz (pl) m, Apaczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: apache (pt) m or f
• Russian: апа́чи (ru) m anim (apáči), апа́ч (ru) m (apáč), апа́чка (ru) f (apáčka)
• Seri: hapats
• Slovak: Apač, Apačka f
• Spanish: apache (es) m or f
• Tagalog: Apatse
• Taos: xíwana
• Unami: Tashi

Parisian gangster

• Danish: apache c
• Esperanto: apaĉo (eo), apaĉino (female)
• Faroese: apassjari m
• Finnish: apassi (fi)
• French: apache (fr)
• German: Apache (de) m, Apachin (de) f
• Greek: απάχης (el) m (apáchis)
• Manx: brout m
• Portuguese: apache (pt) m
• Slovak: apač m

Further reading

• Apache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Apaches (subculture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Apache HTTP Server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boeing AH-64 Apache on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.paʃ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Proper noun

Apache m or f

1. Apache (a web server)
2. Apache (a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States)
3. Apache (a member of the tribe)

Related terms

• apache

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpatʃə/, [ʔaˈpa.t͡ʃə], (archaic) /aˈpaxə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at͡ʃə

Etymology 1

From Spanish apache, likely in part through English Apache. Further origin uncertain; possibly from Zuni ˀa˙paču.

Noun

Apache m (weak, genitive Apachen, plural Apachen, feminine Apachin) or
(now rare) Apache m (strong, genitive Apache or Apaches, plural Apache or Apaches)

1. Apache (a member of the tribe)

Declension

Declension of Apache [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Apache	die	Apachen
genitive	eines	des	Apachen	der	Apachen
dative	einem	dem	Apachen	den	Apachen
accusative	einen	den	Apachen	die	Apachen

Declension of Apache [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Apache	die	Apache, Apaches
genitive	eines	des	Apache, Apaches	der	Apache, Apaches
dative	einem	dem	Apache	den	Apache, Apaches
accusative	einen	den	Apache	die	Apache, Apaches

Alternative forms

• Apatsche

Hypernyms

• Indianer

Etymology 2

From French apache, itself after the tribe above.

Noun

Apache m (weak, genitive Apachen, plural Apachen)

1. (historical) Apache, apache (Parisian gangster)

Declension

Declension of Apache [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Apache	die	Apachen
genitive	eines	des	Apachen	der	Apachen
dative	einem	dem	Apachen	den	Apachen
accusative	einen	den	Apachen	die	Apachen

Further reading

• “Apache”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[4] (in German)
• “Apache” in Duden online