Apple

See also: apple and äpple

English

Etymology

From apple. As a surname, also an Americanized form of Appel or Apfel.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ăp'əl, IPA^(key): /ˈæp.əl/
• Rhymes: -æpəl
• Homophone: apple
• Hyphenation: Ap‧ple

Proper noun

Apple (countable and uncountable, plural Apples)

1. (with the) Nickname for New York City: a major city in New York, United States; more commonly in the form the Big Apple.
2. (rare, countable) A female given name from English.
3. (countable) A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Apple is the 5,050^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6,948 individuals. Apple is most common among White (89.45%) individuals.

Noun

Apple (plural Apples)

1. A computer produced by the company Apple Inc.
   • 1984, Douglas Adams, chapter 17, in So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 93:

     Arthur bought the Apple anyway. Over a few days he also acquired some astronomical software, plotted the movements of stars, drew rough little diagrams of how he seemed to remember the stars to have been […]

Translations

a computer produced by the company Apple Inc.

• Arabic: أَبْل (ar) m (ʔabl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘋果電腦 / 苹果电脑 (píngguǒ diànnǎo)

• Japanese: アップル (ja) (appuru)
• Korean: 애플 (aepeul)
• Russian: Эпл m (Epl)

See also

• Apple scruff

Anagrams

• pepla, appel, appel., Appel

Cebuano

Etymology

From English apple.

Proper noun

Apple

1. a female given name
   • 2014 March 15, “SAC-SMC Awards, Mar. 26”, in SuperBalita Cebu‎^[1]:

     Lakip na niini ang beach volleyball national champions nga sila si Jusabelle Brillo, Apple Saraum, Jade Becaldo, Edward Ybanez ug Mike Abria hasta sila si Daniel Noval ug Pearl Angeline Abellar sa athletics.

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   • 2015 July 24, “‘Business inspector’ Gidakop”, in Banat News‎^[2]:

     Ang dinakpan naila nga si Niña Ramirez alyas Princess, hingkod nga temporaryo nga nagpuyo sa barangay Mabolo apan lumad nga taga Mindanao. Samtang ang reklamante mao sila si Apple Jane Taboada, 24, tag-iya sa NGK Bakeshop ug Gardson Misiona, 44, usa sa mga nagnegosyo sa mao’ng dapit.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Chinese

Etymology

From English Apple.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ep¹ pou²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ep¹ pou²
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ep⁷ pou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: éb¹ pou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɛːp̚⁵ pʰou̯³⁵/

Noun

Apple (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. product of the company Apple Inc., especially iPhone (Classifier: 部 c)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Apple.

Pronunciation

• (hypercorrection, overall more common) IPA^(key): [ˈe̞j.pəl]
• (closer English approximation) IPA^(key): [ˈe̞̯a.pəl]

Proper noun

Apple ?

1. The company Apple Inc., a technology company with Tim Cook as CEO.