different between aper vs aker

English

Etymology

ape +? -er

Noun

aper (plural apers)

1. Someone who apes something

Synonyms

• imitator

Translations

Anagrams

• Earp, Pera, Rape, pare, pear, prae-, præ-, rape, reap

German

Etymology

From Middle High German aber, from Old High German abar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?a?p?]

Adjective

aper (comparative aperer or aprer, superlative am apersten)

1. (Switzerland, Austria) snowless

Declension

Further reading

• “aper” in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *apros, from Proto-Indo-European *h?ep-r-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *eburaz, Proto-Slavic *vepr?.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.per/, [?äp?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.per/, [???p?r]

Noun

aper m (genitive apr?); second declension

1. a wild boar
2. (figuratively) a standard of the Roman legions

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sardinian: apru
• Italian: apro

References

• aper in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aper in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• aper in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aper in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Anagrams

• p?ra
• prae

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

aper m or f

1. indefinite plural of ape

Verb

aper

1. present of ape

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• apar

Noun

aper m or f

1. indefinite feminine plural of ape

English

Noun

aker (plural akers)

1. Obsolete spelling of acre

Derived terms

• aker-staf

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Anagrams

• KERA, Kear, Kera, Rake, rake, reak

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *ace?, from *ace- (“male animal”) (compare aketz (“boar”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ker/

Noun

aker anim

1. he-goat, billy goat

Declension

Related terms

• akelarre

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?.k?r/
• Hyphenation: a?ker
• Rhymes: -a?k?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch aker, eker, haker, from Old Dutch *aker, from Latin aquarium.

Noun

aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)

1. (Southern) bucket

   Synonym: emmer

2. (historical) metal well bucket

   Synonym: putemmer

3. (dated, Eastern Netherlands) kettle

Related terms

• aquarium

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch aker, from Old Dutch *akaran, from Proto-Germanic *akran?.

Noun

aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)

1. (archaic) acorn

Synonyms

• eikel

Etymology 3

Noun

aker m (plural akers, diminutive akertje n)

1. (obsolete) acre

Kabyle

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

aker (intensive aorist yettaker, aorist yaker, preterite yuker, negative preterite yukir)

1. to steal

Middle English

Alternative forms

• acre

Etymology

From Old English æcer, from Proto-West Germanic *ak(k)r, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?é?ros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?k?r/, /?ak?r/

Noun

aker (plural akers)

1. field (piece of arable land)
2. acre (land measure of 160 rods square (though actually varying in size, both regionally and in time), usually described as 40 rods/1 furlong long and 4 rods wide.)

Descendants

• English: acre
  • Norwegian Bokmål: acre
• Scots: acre, aker, acker
• Yola: aager

References

• “?ker, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• akker, ?ker (late)

Etymology

From Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz.

Noun

aker m

1. field, cultivated land

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: åker

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

aker m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. acre

Vilamovian

Noun

aker m

1. field (wide, open space used to grow crops)