aperte

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈperte/

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• Rhymes: -erte
• Syllabification: a‧per‧te

Adverb

aperte

1. openly

Related terms

• aperta (“open”)
• apertaĵo (“aperture”)
• aperti (“to be open”)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pɛʁt/
• Homophone: apertes

Adjective

aperte

1. feminine singular of apert

Galician

Verb

aperte

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpɛr.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛrte
• Hyphenation: a‧pèr‧te

Adjective

aperte

1. feminine plural of aperto

Anagrams

• aptere, parete, tarpee

Latin

Etymology 1

From apertus (“open, uncovered; frank, candid”) +‎ -ē (“-ly”, adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈpɛr.teː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈpɛr.te]

Adverb

apertē (comparative apertius, superlative apertissimē)

1. openly, clearly, plainly

   Synonyms: pūblicē, vulgō, prōpalam, palam

   Antonym: clam

   aperte dēscīscere ― to defect plainly

   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 201–202:

     SĪMŌ: Quid, hoc intellextī? An nōndum etiam nē hoc quidem? DĀVUS: Immō, callidē! / Ita apertē ipsam rem modo locūtu’s, nīl circum itiōne ūsus ēs.

     (After Davus claimed he could not understand Simo, Simo threatened Davus with hard labor until death.)
     SIMO: What [I just said] — did you understand this? Or not even this yet?
     DAVUS: On the contrary, [it’s] quite clear! You’ve just spoken the thing itself so plainly, you said nothing in a roundabout way.
     (locucutu’s = locutus es)

2. (writing) plainly, clearly, freely, without reserve

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈpɛr.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈpɛr.te]

Participle

aperte

1. vocative masculine singular of apertus

References

• “aperio”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “aperte”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aperte in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2026), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication

Anagrams

• patēre

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧per‧te

Verb

aperte

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