ape

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See also: Ape, APE, apê, apë, ápe, åpe, and a pé

English[edit]

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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An ape: the silvery gibbon

Pronunciation[edit]

  • enPR: āp, IPA(key): /eɪp/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɪp

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)

  1. A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
  2. Any such primate other than a human.
  3. (derogatory) An uncivilized person.
  4. One who apes; a foolish imitator.
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Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

ape (third-person singular simple present apes, present participle aping or apeing, simple past and past participle aped)

  1. (intransitive) To behave like an ape.
  2. (transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.
    • 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XXI, in Wuthering Heights‎[1]:
      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,”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 92, page 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.
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Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Clipping of apeshit (“ape-shit (crazy)”).

Adjective[edit]

ape (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Wild; crazy.
    We were ape over the new look.
    He went ape when he heard the bad news.

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Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ape

  1. plural of aap

Aromanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin aqua.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ape f (plural api, definite articulation apa)

  1. Alternative form of apã

Corsican[edit]

Noun[edit]

ape

  1. plural of apa

Finnish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

appaa +‎ -e

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑpeˣ/, [ˈɑ̝pe̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑpe
  • Syllabification(key): a‧pe

Noun[edit]

ape

  1. horse feed
  2. (colloquial) food

Declension[edit]

Inflection of ape (Kotus type 48*B/hame, pp-p gradation)
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 See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of ape (type hame)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative appeeni appeeni
accusative nom. appeeni appeeni
gen. appeeni
genitive appeeni appeideni
appeitteni
partitive apettani appeitani
inessive appeessani appeissani
elative appeestani appeistani
illative appeeseeni appeisiini
appeihini
adessive appeellani appeillani
ablative appeeltani appeiltani
allative appeelleni appeilleni
essive appeenani appeinani
translative appeekseni appeikseni
instructive — —
abessive appeettani appeittani
comitative — appeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative appeesi appeesi
accusative nom. appeesi appeesi
gen. appeesi
genitive appeesi appeidesi
appeittesi
partitive apettasi appeitasi
inessive appeessasi appeissasi
elative appeestasi appeistasi
illative appeeseesi appeisiisi
appeihisi
adessive appeellasi appeillasi
ablative appeeltasi appeiltasi
allative appeellesi appeillesi
essive appeenasi appeinasi
translative appeeksesi appeiksesi
instructive — —
abessive appeettasi appeittasi
comitative — appeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative appeemme appeemme
accusative nom. appeemme appeemme
gen. appeemme
genitive appeemme appeidemme
appeittemme
partitive apettamme appeitamme
inessive appeessamme appeissamme
elative appeestamme appeistamme
illative appeeseemme appeisiimme
appeihimme
adessive appeellamme appeillamme
ablative appeeltamme appeiltamme
allative appeellemme appeillemme
essive appeenamme appeinamme
translative appeeksemme appeiksemme
instructive — —
abessive appeettamme appeittamme
comitative — appeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative appeenne appeenne
accusative nom. appeenne appeenne
gen. appeenne
genitive appeenne appeidenne
appeittenne
partitive apettanne appeitanne
inessive appeessanne appeissanne
elative appeestanne appeistanne
illative appeeseenne appeisiinne
appeihinne
adessive appeellanne appeillanne
ablative appeeltanne appeiltanne
allative appeellenne appeillenne
essive appeenanne appeinanne
translative appeeksenne appeiksenne
instructive — —
abessive appeettanne appeittanne
comitative — appeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative appeensa appeensa
accusative nom. appeensa appeensa
gen. appeensa
genitive appeensa appeidensa
appeittensa
partitive apettaan
apettansa 		appeitaan
appeitansa
inessive appeessaan
appeessansa 		appeissaan
appeissansa
elative appeestaan
appeestansa 		appeistaan
appeistansa
illative appeeseensa appeisiinsa
appeihinsa
adessive appeellaan
appeellansa 		appeillaan
appeillansa
ablative appeeltaan
appeeltansa 		appeiltaan
appeiltansa
allative appeelleen
appeellensa 		appeilleen
appeillensa
essive appeenaan
appeenansa 		appeinaan
appeinansa
translative appeekseen
appeeksensa 		appeikseen
appeiksensa
instructive — —
abessive appeettaan
appeettansa 		appeittaan
appeittansa
comitative — appeineen
appeinensa

Further reading[edit]

Guaraní[edit]

Noun[edit]

ape

  1. back

Interlingua[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin apis, apem.

Noun[edit]

ape (plural apes)

  1. bee

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin apem.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ape f (plural api)

  1. (entomology) bee
    Synonym: pecchia
  2. (colloquial) honeybee
    Synonyms: ape da miele, ape domestica

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Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

ape

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of apō

References[edit]

Mauritian Creole[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French après. Compare Haitian Creole ap.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ape (medial form ape)

  1. (auxiliary) Used to indicate present progressive tense or the continuous tense in general, commonly shortened to "pe" in speech.

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Mbyá Guaraní[edit]

Noun[edit]

ape (non-possessed form tape)

  1. path
  2. road, street

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]

ape (plural apes or apen)

  1. An ape or monkey; a simian creature.
  2. A deceiver; a conman or charlatan.
  3. A gullible or foolish person.

Descendants[edit]

  • English: ape
  • Scots: ape, aip

References[edit]

Neapolitan[edit]

Noun[edit]

ape

  1. plural of apa

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse api.

Noun[edit]

ape f or m (definite singular apa or apen, indefinite plural aper, definite plural apene)

  1. ape, monkey
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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)

  1. to ape, mimic or imitate.

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse api.

Noun[edit]

ape m (definite singular apen, indefinite plural apar, definite plural apane)

ape f (definite singular apa, indefinite plural aper, definite plural apene)

  1. ape, monkey
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Etymology 2[edit]

Verb[edit]

ape (present tense apar, past tense apa, past participle apa, passive infinitive apast, present participle apande, imperative ape/ap)

  1. e-infinitive form of apa

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Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ape

  1. inflection of apă:
    1. plural
    2. genitive/dative singular

Sardinian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin apis, apem. Compare Logudorese abe, Campidanese abi.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ape f (plural apes)

  1. (Nuorese) bee

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
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