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clockwork

English

Etymology

From clock +? -work

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /?kl?kw?k/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /?kl?kw??k/

Noun

clockwork (usually uncountable, plural clockworks)

  1. A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.

Derived terms

  • like clockwork
  • clockwork orange

Translations

Adjective

clockwork (not comparable) (attributive)

  1. Driven by clockwork.
  2. Very smooth and regular.

References

  • “clockwork”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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app

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.

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