apron

English

A woman holding holly in her apron.

Etymology

Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperon, napron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). The phrase a napron was reinterpreted as an apron, which is why the initial n is now missing. For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.pɹən/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

apron (plural aprons)

1. An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
2. The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
3. A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
   1. (aviation) The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal
   2. The spreading end of a driveway.
   3. The paved area below the yellow line on a race track.
   4. The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station
   5. The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
   6. (pinball) A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
4. The sides of a tree's canopy.
5. The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
6. A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.

Translations

clothing

• Albanian: përparëse (sq) f
• Arabic: مِرْيَلَة f (miryala), مِئْزَر m (miʔzar), وِزْرَة f (wizra)

  Hijazi Arabic: مِرْيَلة f (miryala)

• Armenian: գոգնոց (hy) (gognocʻ)
• Azerbaijani: önlük
• Bashkir: алъяпҡыс (alʺyapqıs)
• Belarusian: фа́ртух m (fártux)
• Breton: tavañjer (br) f
• Bulgarian: прести́лка f (prestílka)
• Catalan: davantal (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎠᏤᏌᏙ (atsesado)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 圍裙／围裙 (wai⁴ kwan^4-2), 围裙 (wai⁴ kwan^4-2)

  Dungan: вичүнзы (vičünzɨ)

  Hakka: 圍身裙／围身裙, 围身裙 (vì-sṳ̂n-khiùn)

  Mandarin: 圍裙／围裙 (zh) (wéiqún), 围裙 (zh) (wéiqún)

  Min Bei: 圍身裙／围身裙 (ṳ̌-séng-gê̤ng), 围身裙 (ṳ̌-séng-gê̤ng)

  Min Dong: 圍身裙／围身裙 (ùi-sĭng-gùng), 围身裙 (ùi-sĭng-gùng)

  Min Nan: 圍身裙／围身裙, 围身裙 (ûi-sin-kûn), e-pú-lóng

  Wu: 飯單／饭单 (⁶ve-te), 饭单 (ve te), 圍身頭／围身头 (⁶yu-sen-deu), 围身头 (hhy te deu), 圍身／围身 (⁶yu-sen), 围身 (hhy te)

• Czech: zástěra (cs) f
• Danish: forklæde (da) n
• Dutch: schort (nl) n
• Esperanto: antaŭtuko
• Estonian: põll
• Faroese: fyriklæði n, svinta f
• Finnish: esiliina (fi), essu (fi) (colloquial)
• French: tablier (fr) m
• Georgian: წინსაფარი (c̣insapari)
• German: Schürze (de) f

  Alemannic German: Fürschüübe f

• Greek: ποδιά (el) f (podiá)
• Hebrew: סִינָר (he) m (sinár)
• Hindi: तहबन्द (hi) (tahband), एप्रन m (epran)
• Hungarian: kötény (hu)
• Icelandic: svunta (is) f
• Ido: avantalo (io)
• Ilocano: bidang
• Indonesian: celemek (id)
• Interlingue:
• Irish: naprún m, bairbéal m
• Italian: grembiule (it) m
• Japanese: エプロン (ja) (epuron), 前掛け (まえかけ, maekake), 前垂れ (まえだれ, maedare)
• Kabuverdianu: bata
• Kalmyk: заппу (zappu)
• Kazakh: фартук (fartuk), алжапқыш (aljapqyş), алжапғыш (aljapğyş)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 앞치마 (ko) (apchima)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بەرکۆشە (berkoşe), بەرکۆژە (berkoje), چاڕۆکە (çarroke)

• Kyrgyz: алжапкыч (ky) (aljapkıc), фартук (fartuk)
• Lao: ຜ້າກັນເປື້ອນ (phā kan pư̄an)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} subligāculum n
• Latvian: priekšauts m
• Lithuanian: prijuostė f
• Macedonian: престилка f (prestilka), скутник m (skutnik), фута f (futa)
• Maori: heipene
• Mongolian: хормогч (mn) (xormogč)
• Navajo: atéél siłtsoozí
• Norman: d'vanté m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forkle (no) n

  Nynorsk: forkle n, forklede n

• Persian: پیش بند (fa) (piš band)
• Polish: fartuch (pl) m
• Portuguese: avental m
• Romanian: sort (ro)
• Russian: фа́ртук (ru) m (fártuk), пере́дник (ru) m (perédnik)
• Scots: apern
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кецеља f, прегача f, фертун m, запрега f, опрегача f

  Roman: kecelja (sh) f, pregača (sh) f, fertun (sh) m, zaprega (sh) f, opregača f

• Slovak: zástera f
• Slovene: predpasnik (sl) m
• Spanish: delantal (es) m, mandil (es) f
• Swahili: aproni (sw)
• Swedish: förkläde (sv) n
• Tagalog: tapi
• Tajik: пешбанд (pešband)
• Taos: kwę̀mų́na (of carpenter)
• Tatar: алъяпкыч (tt) (alʺyapkıç)
• Thai: ผ้ากันเปื้อน (pâa-gan-bpʉ̂ʉan)
• Turkish: önlük (tr)
• Turkmen: öňlük, fartuk
• Ukrainian: фа́ртух m (fártux)
• Uyghur: پەرتۇق (pertuq), پەشمال (peshmal)
• Uzbek: fartuk (uz)
• Vietnamese: tạp dề
• Volapük: lebavet
• Welsh: ffedog (cy), ffedogau (cy) f pl
• West Frisian: skelk n
• Yiddish: פֿאַרטעך (fartekh)
• Yup'ik: manuilitaq

the paved area of an airport

• Finnish: asemataso, ramppi (fi)
• French: tarmac (fr) m, piste (fr) f, tablier (fr) m
• German: Vorfeld (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: piazzale (it) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oppstillingsplass m

on a horse carriage

• German: Fußsack m
• Ido: avantalo (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: fotsack c

part of a stage

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: tuaaroaro

Verb

apron (third-person singular simple present aprons, present participle aproning, simple past and past participle aproned)

1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, an apron.

Anagrams

• on par

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Esperanto

Noun

apron

1. accusative singular of apro

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Middle English

Noun

apron

1. Alternative form of naperon