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ape
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?p, IPA(key): /e?p/
- Rhymes: -e?p
Etymology 1
From Middle English ape, from Old English apa (“ape, monkey”), from Proto-West Germanic *ap?, from Proto-Germanic *apô (“monkey, ape”), possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h?ep- (“water”), compare Proto-Celtic *ab? (“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
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 uncivilised person.
- One who apes; a foolish imitator.
Hyponyms
- (young or small): apeling, apelet (uncommon)
- (female): apess (rare)
- See also Thesaurus:ape
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
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.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, chapter XXI:
Derived terms
- aper
Translations
Etymology 2
Clipping of apeshit (“ape-shit (crazy)”).
Adjective
ape (not comparable)
- (slang) Wild; crazy.
- We were ape over the new look.
- He went ape when he heard the bad news.
See also
- monkey
- troop (collective noun)
- Appendix: Animals
Anagrams
- EAP, EPA, PAE, PEA, Pae, Pea, pea
Aromanian
Etymology
From Latin aqua
Noun
ape f (plural api, definite articulation apa)
- Alternative form of apã
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.p?/
Noun
ape
- plural of aap
Corsican
Noun
ape
- plural of apa
Finnish
(index ap)
Etymology
appaa +? -e
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??pe?/, [??pe?(?)]
- Rhymes: -?pe
- Syllabification: a?pe
Noun
ape
- horse feed
- (colloquial) food
Declension
Interlingua
Noun
ape (plural apes)
- bee
Related terms
- apicultura
Italian
Etymology
From Latin apis, apem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.pe/
- Rhymes: -ape
Noun
ape f (plural api)
- (entomology) bee
- Synonym: pecchia
- (colloquial) honeybee
- Synonyms: ape da miele, ape domestica
Related terms
Further reading
- ape on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Latin
Verb
ape
- second-person singular present active imperative of ap?
References
- ape in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Mauritian Creole
Alternative forms
- pe
Etymology
From French après. Compare Haitian Creole ap.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /(a)pe/
Verb
ape (medial form ape)
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate present progressive tense or the continuous tense in general, commonly shortened to "pe" in speech.
Related terms
- ti ape
Middle English
Alternative forms
- eape, aape
Etymology
From Old English apa, from Proto-West Germanic *ap?, from Proto-Germanic *apô.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?p(?)/
Noun
ape (plural apes or apen)
- An ape or monkey; a simian creature.
- A deceiver; a conman or charlatan.
- A gullible or foolish person.
Descendants
- English: ape
- Scots: ape, aip
References
- “?pe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.
Neapolitan
Noun
ape
- plural of apa
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?pe/
Etymology 1
From Old Norse api.
Noun
ape f or m (definite singular apa or apen, indefinite plural aper, definite plural apene)
- ape, monkey
Related terms
- apekatt
- primat
Etymology 2
Verb
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)
- to ape, mimic or imitate.
References
- “ape” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From Old Norse api.
Noun
ape m (definite singular apen, indefinite plural apar, definite plural apane)
ape f (definite singular apa, indefinite plural aper, definite plural apene)
- ape, monkey
Related terms
- apekatt
- primat
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
- apa
Verb
ape (present tense apar or aper, past tense apa or apte, past participle apa or apt, passive infinitive apast, present participle apande, imperative ap)
- to ape, mimic or imitate.
References
- “ape” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ape]
Noun
ape f pl
- plural of ap?
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counterfeit
English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman countrefait, from Old French contrefait.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ka?n.t??f?t/
- Rhymes: -?t
Adjective
counterfeit (not comparable)
- False, especially of money; intended to deceive or carry appearance of being genuine.
- Inauthentic.
- Assuming the appearance of something; deceitful; hypocritical.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:fake
Translations
Noun
counterfeit (plural counterfeits)
- A non-genuine article; a fake.
- c.1597 William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act II, scene 4:
- 1971, Peter Brown, The World of Late Antiquity: AD 150—750, Thames & Hudson LTD (2013 reprint), ?ISBN, page 53.
- c.1597 William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act II, scene 4:
- One who counterfeits; a counterfeiter.
- (obsolete) That which resembles another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.
- 1590 Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene Book III, canto VIII:
- 1590 Edmund Spenser, Faerie Queene Book III, canto VIII:
- (obsolete) An impostor; a cheat.
- c.1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act V, scene 4
- c.1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV part I, Act V, scene 4
Translations
Verb
counterfeit (third-person singular simple present counterfeits, present participle counterfeiting, simple past and past participle counterfeited)
- (transitive) To falsely produce what appears to be official or valid; to produce a forged copy of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To produce a faithful copy of.
- (transitive, obsolete) To feign; to mimic.
- 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Village Schoolmaster
- 1770, Oliver Goldsmith, The Village Schoolmaster
- (transitive, poker, usually "be counterfeited") Of a turn or river card, to invalidate a player's hand by making a better hand on the board.
Derived terms
- uncounterfeited
Translations
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