different between aper vs raper

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

Etymology

rape +? -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??e?p?(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?p?(?)

Noun

raper (plural rapers)

1. (informal) A person who has raped someone; a rapist.
   • 1963, Edwin M. Moseley, Pseudonyms of Christ in the Modern Novel: Motifs and Methods (page 149)

     "Jesus Christ!" Grimm says, profanely pushing Hightower aside as he goes on to shoot Christmas and to emasculate him, according to the custom of lynchers punishing the dark rapers of white women.

   • 1995, Simon Goldhill, Foucault's Virginity (page 71)

     Turning round, Cleitophon finds he is standing by a painter's studio which is exhibiting a painting of the whole story of the rape of Philomela, including the tapestry she weaves telling her own story after her raper, Tereus, has cut out her tongue.

Anagrams

• parer

French

Alternative forms

• rapper
• Homophone: râper

Etymology

Borrowed from English rap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.pe/

Verb

raper

1. To rap (to sing rap songs).

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

raper

1. present of rape.

Polish

Etymology

From English rapper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ra.p?r/

Noun

raper m pers (feminine raperka)

1. (music) rapper

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) raperski

Related terms

• (verb) rapowa?
• (noun) rap
• (adjective) rapowy

Further reading

• raper in Polish dictionaries at PWN