different between aper vs asper

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?æsp?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?æsp??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English aspre, from Old French aspre (modern French âpre), from Latin asper (“rough”).

Alternative forms

• aspre

Adjective

asper (comparative more asper, superlative most asper)

1. (obsolete) Rough or harsh; severe, stern, serious.

Noun

asper (uncountable)

1. (phonetics, obsolete) Rough breathing; a mark (#) indicating that part of a word is aspirated, or pronounced with h before it.

Etymology 2

From Middle English asper, from Middle French aspre or Italian aspro, both from Ancient Greek ?????? (áspron), from neuter of ?????? (áspros, “white”), from Latin asper (“rough, newly minted”)

Alternative forms

• aspron

Noun

asper (plural aspers)

1. (historical) Any one of several small coins, circulated around the eastern Mediterranean area from the 12th to 17th centuries.

Anagrams

• Earps, Pears, Peras, RESPA, Rapes, Spear, Spera, apers, apres, après, aprés, pares, parse, pears, prase, presa, præs., rapes, reaps, sarpe, spare, spear

Latin

Etymology

Probably from the Proto-Indo-European root *h?esp- (“to cut”), also present in Ancient Greek ????? (aspís) and Hittite [script needed] (?asp-).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?as.per/, [?äs?p?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?as.per/, [??sp?r]

Adjective

asper (feminine aspera, neuter asperum, comparative asperior, superlative asperrimus, adverb asper?); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. rough, uneven, coarse
2. unrefined, rude
3. sharp, newly minted
4. harsh, bitter, fierce

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• asper in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• asper in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• asper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• asper in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• asper in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Anagrams

• pares

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

asper m or f

1. indefinite plural of asp