app
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æp/
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Audio (US): (file) - Hyphenation: app
- Rhymes: -æp
Etymology 1
Shortening of application.
Noun
app (plural apps)
- (computing, mobile telephony) An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
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- 1999, Jerry Bradenbaugh, JavaScript application cookbook, page xi:
- So is a spreadsheet app, but I'm not going to put those on a web site any time soon.
- 1999 November, AUUGN, volume 20, number 4, page 9:
- The Web browser was the killer app that kickstarted the Internet and, in turn, enabled it to be embedded in everything
- 2005 May, Popular Science, volume 266, number 5, page 78:
- Want realtime flight and gate updates? A calorie counter? A remote for your DVD player? Chances are there's an app for it. Smartphones separate themselves in another key area: connectivity
- (military) application (use, purpose; not a computer program)
- 1995, The X-Files (TV series), Nisei (episode)
- SCULLY: What are these chips used for?
PENDRELL: Video games, brake systems, they're finding new apps every day. I just read about one being designed to help the severely disabled operate computers using brainwaves.
- SCULLY: What are these chips used for?
- 1995, The X-Files (TV series), Nisei (episode)
- (education, informal) application (to a college etc.)
- 2011, Nicole Leigh Shepherd, Stealing Bases:
- “Ky—please don't take this the wrong way—I actually have to wear a dress from our line. You know, to show off my marketing materials on my college app. So, I'm working on it with Hannah.”
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Etymology 2
Shortening of appetizer.
Noun
app (plural apps)
- (informal) appetizer
- 2007, Evelyn Spence, Explorer's Guide Colorado's Classic Mountain Towns
- The food is some of Breck's best: apps like sweet potato gnocchi with smoked chicken and sage cream […]
- 2009, Robin Asbell, New Vegetarian:
- If you lay out a platter of these exciting, beautiful vegetarian appetizers, the other apps will pale in comparison.
- 2010, Bill Allen, Grillin', Chillin', and Swillin' (page 1)
- This is not to say that we only serve apps at dinner parties. Quite the contrary; but for smaller gatherings, good appetizers can distinguish you as a host who puts more thought and effort into his or her party menu. Better yet, most apps are relatively easy to make […]
- 2007, Evelyn Spence, Explorer's Guide Colorado's Classic Mountain Towns
Etymology 3
Shortening of appearance.
Noun
app (plural apps)
- (sports) an appearance in a game (e.g., a player with 10 apps in a season played 10 times)
See also
Anagrams
Catalan
Noun
app m (plural apps)
Danish
Etymology
From English app, shortened from application.
Noun
app c (singular definite appen, plural indefinite apper or apps)
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References
- “app” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
From English app. The sense message sent using an app is influenced by the app name WhatsApp.
Pronunciation
Noun
app f or m (plural apps, diminutive appje n)
- an app
- Wat voor apps heb jij erop staan?
- What apps have you got on your phone?
- (typically in the diminutive) a text message sent using an app
- Stuur alsjeblieft even een appje zodra je veilig thuis bent.
- Please send a text as soon as you're home safe.
Derived terms
Faroese
Etymology
From English app, from application, from Latin applicātiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
app f (genitive singular appar, plural appir)
Declension
Declension of app | ||||
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f2 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | app | appin | appir | appirnar |
accusative | app | appina | appir | appirnar |
dative | app | appini | appum | appunum |
genitive | appar | apparinnar | appa | appanna |
Hungarian
Etymology
From English app, shortening of application.
Pronunciation
Noun
app (plural appok)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | app | appok |
accusative | appot | appokat |
dative | appnak | appoknak |
instrumental | appal | appokkal |
causal-final | appért | appokért |
translative | appá | appokká |
terminative | appig | appokig |
essive-formal | appként | appokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | appban | appokban |
superessive | appon | appokon |
adessive | appnál | appoknál |
illative | appba | appokba |
sublative | appra | appokra |
allative | apphoz | appokhoz |
elative | appból | appokból |
delative | appról | appokról |
ablative | apptól | appoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
appé | appoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
appéi | appokéi |
Possessive forms of app | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | appom | appjaim |
2nd person sing. | appod | appjaid |
3rd person sing. | appja | appjai |
1st person plural | appunk | appjaink |
2nd person plural | appotok | appjaitok |
3rd person plural | appjuk | appjaik |
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Icelandic
Etymology
From English app, from application, from Latin applicātiō.
Pronunciation
Noun
app n (genitive singular apps, nominative plural öpp)
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Italian
Noun
app f (uncountable)
Ludian
Etymology
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Noun
app
Portuguese
Etymology
Reduction of English application or Portuguese aplicação.
Pronunciation
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Noun
app f or m (plural s)
- (computing) app (small computer application)
- 2015, Peter Thiel, De Zero a Um, Leya →ISBN
- A realização de pequenas melhorias relativamente a algo que já existe poderá leválo a um máximo local, mas não o irá ajudar a alcançar o máximo global. Poderá desenvolver a melhor versão de uma app para encomendar papel higiénico ...
- 2015, Peter Thiel, De Zero a Um, Leya →ISBN
Synonyms
- (app): aplicação, aplicativo (Brazil)
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
app f (plural apps)
Usage notes
- Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
- el app, un app
- They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
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- is:Computing
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- pt:Computing
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- es:Computing