ape
English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English ape, from Old English apa (“ape, monkey”), from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô (“monkey, ape”), possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”), compare Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”), if the word originally referred to a "water sprite". Traditionally assumed to be an ancient loanword instead, ultimately probably from an unidentified non-Indo-European language of regions in Africa or Asia where monkeys are native. Cognate with Scots aip (“ape”), West Frisian aap (“ape”), Dutch aap (“monkey, ape”), Low German Ape (“ape”), German Affe (“monkey, ape”), Swedish apa (“monkey, ape”), Icelandic api (“ape”).
Noun[edit]
ape (plural apes)
- A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
- Any such primate other than a human.
- (derogatory) An uncivilized person.
- One who apes; a foolish imitator.
Hyponyms[edit]
- (young or small): apeling, apelet (uncommon)
- (female): apess (rare)
- See also Thesaurus:ape
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Verb[edit]
ape (third-person singular simple present apes, present participle aping or apeing, simple past and past participle aped)
- (intransitive) To behave like an ape.
- (transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XXI:
- But there’s this difference; one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of silver.
- 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.
- 2010, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, New York: Random House, →ISBN, page 180:
- Every year a paper or a book appears, bemoaning the fate of economics and complaining about its attempts to ape physics.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XXI:
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Etymology 2[edit]
Clipping of apeshit (“ape-shit (crazy)”).
Adjective[edit]
ape (not comparable)
See also[edit]
- monkey
- troop (collective noun)
- Appendix: Animals
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ape
Aromanian[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ape f (plural api, definite articulation apa)
- Alternative form of apã
Corsican[edit]
Noun[edit]
ape
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ape
- horse feed
- (colloquial) food
Declension[edit]
Inflection of ape (Kotus type 48*B/hame, pp-p gradation) | |||
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nominative | ape | appeet | |
genitive | appeen | appeiden appeitten | |
partitive | apetta | appeita | |
illative | appeeseen | appeisiin appeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | ape | appeet | |
accusative | nom. | ape | appeet |
gen. | appeen | ||
genitive | appeen | appeiden appeitten | |
partitive | apetta | appeita | |
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 |
Possessive forms of ape (type hame) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | appeeni | appeemme |
2nd person | appeesi | appeenne |
3rd person | appeensa |
Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
ape (plural apes)
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin apis, apem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ape f (plural api)
- (entomology) bee
- Synonym: pecchia
- (colloquial) honeybee
- Synonyms: ape da miele, ape domestica
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
ape on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
ape
References[edit]
- “ape”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Mauritian Creole[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French après. Compare Haitian Creole ap.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
ape (medial form ape)
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate present progressive tense or the continuous tense in general, commonly shortened to "pe" in speech.
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English apa, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
- An ape or monkey; a simian creature.
- A deceiver; a conman or charlatan.
- A gullible or foolish person.
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “āpe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.
Neapolitan[edit]
Noun[edit]
ape
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
ape f or m (definite singular apa or apen, indefinite plural aper, definite plural apene)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb[edit]
ape (imperative ap, present tense aper, passive apes, simple past apa or apet or apte, past participle apa or apet or apt, present participle apende)
References[edit]
- “ape” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
ape m (definite singular apen, indefinite plural apar, definite plural apane)
ape f (definite singular apa, indefinite plural aper, definite plural apene)
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Verb[edit]
ape (present tense apar or aper, past tense apa or apte, past participle apa or apt, passive infinitive apast, present participle apande, imperative ap)
References[edit]
- “ape” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ape
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