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English

Etymology

From Middle English appel, from Old English æppel (“apple, fruit in general, ball”), from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz (“apple”) (compare Scots aipple, West Frisian apel, Dutch appel, German Apfel, Swedish äpple, Danish æble), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éb?l, *h?ébl? (“apple”) (compare Welsh afal, Irish úll, Lithuanian óbuol?s, Russian ??????? (jábloko), possibly Ancient Greek ??????? (ámpelos, “vine”)).

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) enPR: ?p?(?)l, IPA^(key): /?æp.?l/, [?æp.??]
• Rhymes: -æp?l
• Hyphenation: ap?ple

Noun

apple (plural apples)

1. A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates. [from 9th c.]
   • c. 1378, William Langland, Piers Plowman:

     I prayed pieres to pulle adown an apple.
2. Any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing produced by a plant such as a gall or cone, especially if produced by a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc. [from 9th c.]
   • 1585, Richard Eden (translating a 1555 work by Peter Martyr), Decades of the New World, v:

     Venemous apples wherwith they poyson theyr arrows.

   • 1607 (edition 1673), Topsell, Four-footed Beasts, page 516:

     The fruit or Apples of Palm-trees.

   • 1636, John Gerard, The Herball Or Generall Historie of Plantes: Very Much Enlarged and Amended by Thomas Johnson Citizen and Apothecarye of London, page 1356:

     This apple is called in high-Dutch, Zy?bel: in low-Dutch, Pijnappel: in English, Pineapple, Clog, and Cone. […] The whole cone or apple being boiled with fresh Horehound, saith Galen, […] maketh an excellent medicine for to clense the chest and lungs.

   • 1658, trans. Giambattista della Porta, Natural Magick, I.16:

     In Persia there grows a deadly tree, whose Apples are Poison, and present death.

   • 1765, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued, page 337:

     The fly injects her juices into the oak-leaf, to raise an apple for hatching her young.

   • 1784, James Cook, A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, II:

     Otaheite […] is remarkable for producing great quantities of that delicious fruit we called apples, which are found in none of the others, except Eimeo.

   • 1800, John Tuke, General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire, page 150:

     It is generally thought, that the curled topped potatoe proceeds from a neglect of raising fresh sorts from the apple or [potato-]seed.

   • 1825, Theodric Romeyn Beck, Elements of Medical Jurisprudence, 2nd edition, page 565:

     Hippomane mancinella. (Manchineel-tree.) Dr. Peysonnel relates that a soldier, who was a slave with the Turks, eat some of the apples of this tree, and was soon seized with a swelling and pain of the abdomen.

   • 1833, Charles Williams, The Vegetable World, page 179:

     One kind of apple or gall, inhabited only by one grub, is hard and woody on the outside, resembling a little wooden ball, of a yellowish color, but internally it is of a soft, spongy texture.

   • 1853, Mrs. S. F. Cowper, Country Rambles in England, Or, Journal of a Naturalist, page 172:

     The cross-bill will have seeds from the apple, or cone of the fir—the green-finch, seeds from the uplands, or door of barn, or rick-yard.

   • 1889, United States. Department of Agriculture, Report of the Secretary of Agriculture, page 376:

     The "apple" or gall usually forms a somewhat kidney-shaped excrescence, attached by a small base on the concave side, and varying in size from a half an inch to an inch and a half in length.

3. Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.
   • 1705, J. S., City and Country Recreation, page 104:

     […] shrugging up her Shoulders, to shew the tempting Apples of her white Breasts, Then suddainly lets them sink again, to hide them, blushing, as if this had been done by chance.

   • 1761, An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time, page 508:

     […] count-palatine of the Rhine, who shall carry the globe or imperial apple; and, on his left, the marquis of Brandenburg carrying the scepter.

   • 1851, Robert Bigsby, Old Places Revisited; Or the Antiquarians Enthusiast, page 200:

     The arms of Upland were a "golden apple," or globe, surrounded with a belt, in allusion to the monarchy.

   • 1956, Marion Hargrove, The Girl He Left Behind: Or, All Quiet in the Third Platoon, page 129:

     Andy picked up his two grenades and followed the line into the pits. The apples felt strangely heavy in his hands, and when he looked at them one was as ugly and lethal-looking as the other.

   • 1975, C. W. SMITH, Country Music IX, 256:

     A peasant blouse that showed the tops of those lovely little apples.

   • 2008, Harald Kleinschmidt, Ruling the Waves, Bibliotheca Humanistica & Refo

     Contrary to Henricus Martellus, Behaim included the tropics [on his globe...]. Evidently, there was no space for a Fourth Continent on Behaim's apple, although some recollection of the Catalan map seems to lie behind the shape of southern Africa.

   1. (baseball, slang, obsolete) The ball in baseball. [from 20th c.]
   2. (informal) When smiling, the round, fleshy part of the cheeks between the eyes and the corners of the mouth.
   3. The Adam's apple.
      • 1898, Hugh Charles Clifford, Studies in Brown Humanity: Being Scrawls and Smudges in Sepia, White, and Yellow, page 99:

        The sweat of fear and exertion was streaming down his face and chest, and his breath came in short, tearing, hard-drawn gasps and gulps, while the apple in his throat leaped up and down ceaselessly ...

      • 1922, Henry Williamson, Dandelion Days, page 113:

        Elsie went away with her parents to Belgium and the convent-school on the twelfth, and as they left The Firs in the battered station cab surrounded by boxes and trunks, Willie could not speak. The apple in his throat rose and remained there  […]

      • 1999, Liam O'Flaherty, The Collected Stories, Wolfhound Press (IE) (?ISBN)

        The apple in his neck was hitting against his collar every time he drew breath and he tore at his collar nervously.

      • 2005, Sandra Benitez, Night of the Radishes, Hyperion (?ISBN)

        The apple in his neck bobbles as he gulps. “You've got to be kidding.” “No, I'm not. Your inheritance amounts to maybe three hundred thousand dollars."

      • 2020, George R. R. Martin, A Storm of Swords, Bantam (?ISBN), page 959:

        If the Hound had not been moving, the knife might have cored the apple of his throat; instead it only grazed his ribs, and wound up quivering in the wall near the door. He laughed then, a laugh as cold and hollow as if it had come from the bottom of a deep well.

4. The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit. [from 11th c.]
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book X:

     Him by fraud I have seduced / From his Creator; and, the more to encrease / Your wonder, with an apple […].

   • 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":

     Sharon you've got a husband

     And a family and a farm

     I've got the apple of temptation

     And a diamond snake around my arm
5. A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree. [from 15th c.]
   • 2000 PA Thomas, Trees: Their Natural History, page 227:

     This allows a weak plant to benefit from the strong roots of another, or a vigorous tree (such as an apple) to be kept small by growing on 'dwarfing rootstock'.
6. The wood of the apple tree. [from 19th c.]
7. (in the plural, Cockney rhyming slang) Short for apples and pears, slang for stairs. [from 20th c.]
8. (derogatory, ethnic slur) A Native American or red-skinned person who acts and/or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.
9. (ice hockey slang) An assist.
10. (slang) A CB radio enthusiast.
    • 1977, New Scientist (volume 74, page 764)

      Because of overcrowding, many a CB enthusiast (called an "apple") is strapping an illegal linear amplifier ("boots") on to his transceiver ("ears") […]

Synonyms

• (a tree of the genus Malus): malus

Derived terms

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: apel
• ? Abenaki: aples (< apples)
• ? Assamese: ???? (apel)
• ? Bengali: ???? (apel)
• ? Dhivehi: ??????? (?falu)
• ? East Futuna: apo
• ? Fijian: yapolo
• ? Fiji Hindi: aapul
• ? Finnish: äpüli
• ? Malay: epal (Malaysia)
• ? Maori: ?poro
• ? Marshallese: ab??
• ? Sinhalese: ???? (æpal)
• ? Sotho: apole
• ? Telugu: ????? (?pil)
• ? Thai: ??????? (??p-bp??n)
• ? Yurok: ??pl?s (< apples)

Translations

Verb

apple (third-person singular simple present apples, present participle appling, simple past and past participle appled)

1. To become apple-like.
2. (obsolete) To form buds, bulbs, or fruit.
   • 1601 (1634), Philemon Holland (translator), Pliny, II, page 98:

     Either they floure, or they apple or els be ready to bring forth fruit.

   • 1796 (1800), Charles Marshall, Gardening, page 245:

     The cabbage turnep is of two kinds; one apples above ground, and the other in it.

See also

• malic
• (ethnic slur): coconut, Oreo, banana, Twinkie

References

Anagrams

• Appel, appel, pepla

Middle English

Noun

apple

1. Alternative form of appel

English

Etymology

From trans- +? gender. First used in English by John Oliven in 1965, the term had acquired its current senses by the 1990s (by which time it had also largely displaced the earlier term transsexual; see usage notes).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /t?ænz?d??nd?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /t?anz?d??nd?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)

Adjective

transgender (not comparable)

1. (strictly) Having a gender (identity) which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male at birth but having a female or non-binary gender or vice versa; or, pertaining to such people. (Compare transsexual, and the following sense.)
   • 2010, Jessica Green, "I'm sorry, I'm not lesbian", The Guardian, 3 Mar 2010:

     One head of a small gay charity visibly flinched when I mentioned my boyfriend and has been cold towards me ever since. I've even caught someone staring down my top to see if I'm transgender.

   • 2010, Natasha Lennard, "City Room", New York Times, 7 Apr 2010:

     But the inclusion of the word “trannie” — a pejorative, in some circles — in the title, and the film’s parodic representation of transgender women, has offended many people.

2. (broadly) Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female; having changed gender identity from male to female or female to male, or identifying with elements of both, or having some other gender identity; or, pertaining to such people. (Compare genderqueer, transsexual.)
   • 1998, John Cloud, "Trans across America", Time, 20 Feb 1998:

     Their first step was to reclaim the power to name themselves: transgender is now the term most widely used, and it encompasses everyone from cross-dressers (those who dress in clothes of the opposite sex) to transsexuals (those who surgically "correct" their genitals to match their "real" gender).

3. (of a space) Intended primarily for transgender people.
   • 2001, Walter O. Bockting, Sheila Kirk, Transgender and HIV: Risks, Prevention, and Care, page 46:

     In Boston, no AIDS prevention messages are posted at the primary drag queen and transgender bar.
4. (of a space) Available for use by transgender people (in addition to non-transgender people).
   • 2002 October 2, Boston Globe, Group wants transgender bathrooms for UMASS, quoted in 2010, Sheila L. Cavanagh, Queering Bathrooms ?ISBN
   • 2010, Harvey Molotch, Laura Noren, Toilet: Public Restrooms and the Politics of Sharing, page 199:

     Why the sudden outcry for transgender bathrooms?

   • 2013, William Keith, Christian O. Lundberg, Public Speaking: Choice and Responsibility:

     In contrast, in a democratic conversation or dialogue, the speaker would begin by identifying the larger public issues that connect to the availability of transgender bathrooms: equality, civil rights, […]

Usage notes

• The term transgender was coined in 1965 and popularized in the late 1970s, and by the 1990s it had largely displaced the older, narrower term transsexual. Transsexual is now often considered outdated although some people still prefer it; see its entry for more. Neither term should be confused with transvestite (which see for more).
• For the usage of this word (and similar adjectives) as a noun, see below.

Hypernyms

• LGBT
• LGBT+

Hyponyms

Synonyms

• TG (abbreviated form)
• trans (abbreviated form)
• trans* (abbreviated form, broad sense)
• transgendered (uncommon, offensive)

Antonyms

• cisgender

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Japanese: ????????? (toransujend?)

Translations

Noun

transgender (usually uncountable, plural transgenders)

1. (countable, now often offensive) A transgender person.
   • 2005, Walter Bockting & Eric Avery, Transgender Health and HIV Prevention, page 116:

     In a patriarchal society in which machismo rules, MTF transgenders represent a challenge to traditional masculinity due to their renouncing of the male position of social power.

   • 2014, Sheila Jeffreys, Gender Hurts (page 70)

     This public presentation of the mutilation of the penis is not obviously very different from the forms of disassembly of the penis engaged in by male body modifiers – particularly nullos and transgenders – on the Body Modification Ezine website.

   • 2015, Helen Davies, Transgender woman forced to move house after death threats and knife in her front door (in The Liverpool Echo)

     Nat spent years being victimised as a male to female transgender but was too scared to report it.

2. (uncountable, rare) Transgenderism; the state of being transgender. (Compare transsex.)
   • 2007, Alison Stone, An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy ?ISBN, page 41

     Before we can answer this question, we need to consider two other phenomena – transsex and transgender – which also expose the muddle within conventional categories of sex.

Usage notes

• In Western countries, many transgender people consider the use of transgender (and similar adjectives) as a noun to be offensive, and several guides advise against such usage. "A transgender man" (for a man who was assigned the female sex at birth) or "a transgender woman" (for the reverse) is frequently more appropriate.

Hypernyms

• LGBT

Coordinate terms

• two-spirit, berdache
• hijra

Translations

Verb

transgender (third-person singular simple present transgenders, present participle transgendering, simple past and past participle transgendered)

1. (uncommon) To change the gender of; (used loosely) to change the sex of. (Compare transsex.)
   • 2005, Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, Jyl J. Josephson, Gender and American Politics ?ISBN, pages 15 and 205:

     […] and one that is still dominated by male nominees, women nominees might be seen as either contributing to the regendering, or the transgendering, of the Cabinet.

     […]

     This chapter examines women secretaries-designate in terms of their contributions to regendering or transgendering a cabinet office, to a gender desegregation or integration of the cabinet.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:transgender.

Usage notes

• In Western countries, many transgender people consider the use of transgender (and similar adjectives) as a verb in reference to transgender individuals to be offensive, much the same as its use as a noun. "A transgender man" (for a man who was assigned the female sex at birth) or "a transgender woman" (for a woman who was assigned the male sex at birth) is frequently more appropriate.

Related terms

See also

• LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQIA
• crossdress; drag
• SRS
• intersex
• acault
• sworn virgin

References

Afrikaans

Adjective

transgender

1. transgender

Dutch

Etymology

From English transgender. See also gender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tr?ns.??n.d?r/, /?tr?ns.d??n.d?r/

Adjective

transgender (invariable, not comparable)

1. transgender

See also

• transseksueel