different between apport vs aport

English

Etymology

From Latin apport? (“to bring, to carry”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??p??t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??p??t/

Noun

apport (countable and uncountable, plural apports)

1. (parapsychology) The supposed paranormal transference of an object from one place to another, or the appearance of an object from an unknown source, often associated with poltergeist activity and séances.
2. (parapsychology) An object that appears from an unknown source.

Verb

apport (third-person singular simple present apports, present participle apporting, simple past and past participle apported)

1. (parapsychology) to cause an apport on an object, to make a thing appear from nowhere

Coordinate terms

• asport

Anagrams

• art pop, pop art

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.p??/

Noun

apport m (plural apports)

1. contribution, input

   En agriculture, les traceurs isotopes permettent de suivre le cycle de l’eau et ainsi d’optimiser les apports au terrain.

   In agriculture, isotopic labels allow the water cycle to be traced, thus optimizing its contributions to the soil.

Further reading

• “apport” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Etymology

From French apporte, the second-person singular imperative of French apporter, itself from Latin apporto. Compare German apport.

Interjection

apport

1. fetch

Usage notes

Used as a command to dogs.

Related terms

• apportera

Noun

apport c

1. retrieval

Declension

References

• apport in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• apport in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• apport in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• toppar

English

Etymology

a- +? port

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Adverb

aport (not comparable)

1. (nautical) on the left side of the boat

Translations

See also

• astarboard

Anagrams

• Porta, Prato, atrop-, op art, porta, porta-