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See also: Apache and apaché

English

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apache (plural apaches)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Apache, a Parisian gangster.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French apache.

Pronunciation

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  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌaːˈpɑ.tʃə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: apa‧che

Noun

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apache m (plural apachen or apaches)

  1. member of the (Parisian) underworld

French

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apache m (uncountable)

  1. Apache (language)

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apache m (plural apaches)

  1. (historical, slang) Apache (gangster)
    • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis[1]:
      Près de moi, un apache chantait tout seul, la tête baissée. Je voyais dans sa manche, sur son poignet, la moitié d’un tatouage. Plus loin, une femme léchait ses doigts englués par une liqueur.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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  • Romanian: apaș

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Portuguese

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  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʃi, (Portugal) -aʃɨ
  • Hyphenation: a‧pa‧che

Noun

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apache m or f by sense (plural apaches)

  1. Apache (one of the native Apache people of the southwestern United States)
  2. Apache (a violent Parisian gangster during the late 19th century and early 20th century)

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apache m (uncountable)

  1. Apache (Athabaskan language spoken by the Apache)

Adjective

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apache m or f (plural apaches)

  1. Apache (of or relating to the Apache people and their culture)
  2. Apache (of or relating to the Apache language)

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈpat͡ʃe/ [aˈpa.t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -atʃe
  • Syllabification: a‧pa‧che

Etymology 1

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Noun

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apache m or f by sense (plural apaches)

  1. Apache
  2. jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi)

Etymology 2

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Verb

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apache

  1. inflection of apachar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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