# apt
## English
### Etymology 1

From Old French apte, from Latin aptus, from obsolete apere (“to fasten, to join, to fit”), akin to apisci (“to reach, attain”); compare with Greek ἅπτειν (háptein, “to fasten”) and Sanskrit आप्त (āpta, “fit”), from आप् (āp, “to reach, attain”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /æpt/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Rhymes: -æpt

#### Adjective

apt (comparative apter or more apt, superlative aptest or most apt)
* Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
    Synonyms: appropriate, meet, suitable; see also Thesaurus:pertinent, Thesaurus:suitable
    an apt metaphor
    apt punishment
** 1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC:a river […] apt to be forded by a lamb
** 1755, Callimachus, “The First Hymn of Callimachus. To Jupiter.”, in William Dodd, transl., The Hymns of Callimachus, […], London: […] The translator [William Dodd], […], →OCLC, page 1:While we to Jove the pure libations pay, / Than Jove what apter claims the hallow'd lay?
* (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
    Synonyms: disposed, inclined, liable, predisposed, tending towards; see also Thesaurus:inclined
** 1874, John Lubbock, Scientific Lectures / On Plants and Insects:This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of its leaves by a leaf-cutting ant.
** 1886, Frederic Harrison, The Choice of Books:that lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers
** 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168:Since sick people were apt to be present, he could not always depend on a lively young crowd in the same ward with him, and the entertainment was not always good.
* Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
    Synonyms: fit, prompt, expert, qualified, ready; see also Thesaurus:skilled
    a pupil apt to learn
    an apt scholar
** 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:Fulfill your pleasure. Live a thousand years, / I shall not find myself so apt to die.

##### Derived terms

* adapt
* aptagram
* aptly
* aptness
* aptonym
* aptronym
* overapt
* unapt

##### Related terms

* adept
* aptitude
* attitude
* inept

##### Translations

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### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* apt.

#### Pronunciation

As with apartment.

#### Noun

apt (plural apts)
* Abbreviation of apartment.
** 2010, David Dondero, Just a Baby in Your Momma's Eyes:Where our apt used to be they built a fancy condominium high-rise. Which at a lowly income none of us could ever really quite afford.

### Anagrams

* tPA, atp, pat, pta., PTA, TPA, tap, PAT, ATP, TAP, Pat

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* apa, apet

### Verb

apt
* past participle of ape

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin aptus, likely through English apt.

### Adjective

apt (indefinite singular apt, definite singular and plural apte, comparative aptare, indefinite superlative aptast, definite superlative aptaste)
* apt

## Old Tupi
### Noun

apt
* Lamy spelling of 'aba

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French apte, from Latin aptus.

### Adjective

apt m or n (feminine singular aptă, masculine plural apți, feminine and neuter plural apte)
* apt