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Table of contents
1 English

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Noun

1.2.1 Translations

1.3 Transitive verb
1.4 Related terms

2 Interlingua

2.1 Noun

3 Italian

3.1 Noun

4 Norwegian

4.1 Noun

5 Romanica

5.1 Noun

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English apa.

Noun

ape (plural: apes)

  1. An animal of a class of primates generally larger than the monkeys distinguished from monkeys by having no tail.
  2. A derogatory (if quite correct) term for a uncivilised human.

Translations

animal

  • Chinese characters: 猿
  • Chinese: 无尾猿, 無尾猿; 类人猿, 類人猿
  • Dutch: aap m, apin f
  • Estonian: ahv
  • Finnish: apina, ihmisapina (scientific)
  • French: singe f
  • German: Affe m, Menschenaffe m
  • Italian: scimmia f
  • Japanese: 猿 (さる, saru), 類人猿 (るいじんえん, ruijin'en)
  • Korean: 원숭이 (weonsung'i)
  • Lithuanian: beždžiõnė f, a member of the family Pongidae žmõgbeždžionė f
  • Norwegian: ape c
  • Portuguese: macaco m
  • Russian: обезьяна (obez'yana)
  • Spanish: mono m
  • Swedish: apa c


Transitive verb

to ape (present participle aping, past tense and past participle aped)

  1. To imitate.


  • Dutch: na-apen, nadoen, nabootsen, imiteren
  • Finnish: matkia, apinoida
  • Swedish: härma


Related terms

Interlingua

Noun

ape

  1. bee

Italian

Noun

ape (plural api)

  1. bee

Norwegian

Noun

ape c

  1. ape

Romanica

Noun

ape

  1. bee


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WordNet Definitions

The noun "ape" has three senses: The verb "ape" has two senses:

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