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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æp/
• (US) IPA^(key): [?æ?p?]
• Hyphenation: app
• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

Shortening of application.

Noun

app (plural apps)

1. (computing, mobile telephony) An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
2. (military) application (use, purpose; not a computer program)
   • 1995, The X-Files (TV series), Nisei (episode)

     SCULLY: What are these chips used for?
     PENDRELL: Video games, brake systems, they're finding new apps every day. I just read about one being designed to help the severely disabled operate computers using brainwaves.

3. (education, informal) application (to a college etc.)

Hyponyms

Related terms

• app service

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening of appetizer.

Noun

app (plural apps)

1. (informal) appetizer
   • 2007, Evelyn Spence, Explorer's Guide Colorado's Classic Mountain Towns

     The food is some of Breck's best: apps like sweet potato gnocchi with smoked chicken and sage cream […]

   • 2010, Bill Allen, Grillin', Chillin', and Swillin' (page 1)

     This is not to say that we only serve apps at dinner parties. Quite the contrary; but for smaller gatherings, good appetizers can distinguish you as a host who puts more thought and effort into his or her party menu. Better yet, most apps are relatively easy to make […]

Etymology 3

Shortening of appearance.

Noun

app (plural apps)

1. (sports) an appearance in a game (e.g., a player with 10 apps in a season played 10 times)

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Anagrams

• PAP, PPA, pap

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English app.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ap/

Noun

app f (plural apps)

1. app

   Synonyms: aplicació mòbil, apli

Further reading

• “app” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2021.

Danish

Etymology

From English app, shortened from application.

Noun

app c (singular definite appen, plural indefinite apper or apps)

1. (computing) app

Synonyms

• applikation
• mobilapp

Derived terms

• appudvikler
• mobilapp

Declension

References

• “app” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From English app. The sense message sent using an app is influenced by the app name WhatsApp.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

app f or m (plural apps, diminutive appje n)

1. an app

2. (typically in the diminutive) a text message sent using an app

Derived terms

• appen
• appgroep
• groepsapp

Faroese

Etymology

From English app, from application, from Latin applic?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?p?/

  Rhymes: -a?p?

Noun

app f (genitive singular appar, plural appir)

1. (computing) app (for a mobile device)

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping of applikáció (“application”), from English application.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??p?]
• Hyphenation: app
• Rhymes: -?p?

Noun

app (plural appok)

1. (computing) app, application

   Synonyms: alkalmazás, applikáció

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From English app, from application, from Latin applic?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ahp/

  Rhymes: -ahp

Noun

app n (genitive singular apps, nominative plural öpp)

1. (computing) app (for a mobile device)

Declension

Synonyms

• smáforrit

Italian

Noun

app f (invariable)

1. app

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *appi.

Noun

app

1. father-in-law

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English app or a clipping of aplicação / aplicativo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [??.pi]

Noun

app f or m (in variation) (plural apps)

1. (computing) app (small computer application)

   Synonyms: aplicação, (Brazil) aplicativo

Further reading

• “app” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From English app.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ap/, [?ap]

Noun

app f (plural apps)

1. (computing) app

   Synonym: aplicación

Usage notes

• The feminine noun app is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el app

• However, if an adjective, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.
• In practice, this rule is often not followed and the form la app is widely used.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?t???l?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?t?o?l?z/
• Hyphenation: con?trol?lers

Noun

controllers

1. plural of controller

Danish

Noun

controllers

1. indefinite plural of controller
2. indefinite genitive singular of controller

Dutch

Noun

controllers

1. plural of controller