# ape
## English
### Pronunciation

* enPR: āp, IPA: /eɪp/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪp

### Etymology 1

From Middle English ape, from Old English apa (“ape, monkey”), from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô (“monkey, ape”), possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”), compare Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”) (hence English place name Avon, Irish abha, Welsh afon), if the word originally referred to a "water sprite". Traditionally assumed to be an ancient loanword instead, ultimately probably from an unidentified non-Indo-European language of regions in Africa or Asia where monkeys are native. Cognate with Scots aip (“ape”), West Frisian aap (“ape”), Dutch aap (“monkey, ape”), Low German Ape (“ape”), German Affe (“monkey, ape”), Swedish apa (“monkey, ape”), Icelandic api (“ape”).

#### Noun

ape (plural apes)
* A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
** 1528 October 12 (Gregorian calendar), William Tyndale, “William Tyndale other wise Called William Hychins vnto the Reader”, in The Obediẽce of a Christen Man […], [Antwerp]: [Johannes Hoochstraten], →OCLC, folio xix, recto:Of vvhat texte thou proveſt hell / vvill a nother prove purgatory / a nother lymbo patrum / and a nother the aſſumpcion of oure ladi: And a nother ſhall prove of the ſame texte that an Ape hath a tayle.
* Any such primate other than a human.
* (derogatory) An uncivilized person.
* One who apes; a foolish imitator.

##### Hyponyms

* (young or small): apeling, apelet (uncommon)
* (female): apess (rare)
* See also Thesaurus:ape

##### Derived terms

* ape-baboon (macaque)
* ape-bearer
* apedom
* apefirmative action
* ape-fissure
* apefly
* Apefrica
* Apefrican
* apegirl
* apehanger
* ape hanger
* ape hangers
* apehood
* apekind
* Apelanta
* ape leader
* apelet
* apelike
* apeling
* apely
* apeman
* ape-man
* apeness
* ape-person
* aperest
* apery
* apesault
* ape shit
* apeshit
* apess
* apetempt
* apewoman
* apish
* aquatic ape hypothesis
* aquatic ape theory
* Barbary ape
* Bili ape
* black ape (Macaca nigra)
* dental ape
* go ape
* God's ape
* great ape
* gutter ape
* half-ape
* hog-ape
* hog-faced ape
* lesser ape
* like a raped ape
* man ape
* naked ape
* North American wood ape
* nose ape
* pavement ape
* rape ape
* red ape
* sacred ape
* sea ape
* semi-ape
* she-ape
* skunk ape
* stoned ape theory
* street ape
* swamp ape
* sysape
* teenaper
* yard ape

##### Translations
#### Verb

ape (third-person singular simple present apes, present participle aping or apeing, simple past and past participle aped)
* (intransitive) To behave like an ape.
* (transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.
** 1772, [Thomas Bridges], “Something by Way of Preface”, in A Burlesque Translation of Homer, London: Printed for S. Hooper, […], →OCLC:And well their dignity it ſuits, / To ape the gravity of brutes.
** 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XXI, in Wuthering Heights‎:But there’s this difference; one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of silver.
** 1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato,”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 92, page 454:It is not conceived as a mere “aping” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.
** 2010, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, New York: Random House, →ISBN, page 180:Every year a paper or a book appears, bemoaning the fate of economics and complaining about its attempts to ape physics.

##### Derived terms

* aper

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

Clipping of apeshit (“ape-shit (crazy)”).

#### Adjective

ape (not comparable)
* (slang) Wild; crazy.
    We were ape over the new look.
    He went ape when he heard the bad news.

### See also

* monkey
* troop (collective noun)
* Appendix: Animals

### Anagrams

* EAP, EPA, PAE, PEA, Pae, Pea, pea

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑː.pə/

### Noun

ape
* plural of aap

## Aromanian
### Etymology

From Latin aqua.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈape]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ape f (plural api, definite articulation apa)
* Alternative form of apã

## Corsican
### Noun

ape
* plural of apa

## Finnish
### Etymology

appaa +‎ -e

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑpeˣ/, [ˈɑ̝pe̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑpe
* Hyphenation: ape

### Noun

ape
* horse feed
* (colloquial) food

#### Declension

Possessive forms of ape (Kotus type 48*B/hame, pp-p gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
appeeni
appeeni
accusative
nom.
appeeni
appeeni
gen.
appeeni
genitive
appeeni
appeideni appeitteni
partitive
apettani
appeitani
inessive
appeessani
appeissani
elative
appeestani
appeistani
illative
appeeseeni
appeisiini appeihini
adessive
appeellani
appeillani
ablative
appeeltani
appeiltani
allative
appeelleni
appeilleni
essive
appeenani
appeinani
translative
appeekseni
appeikseni
abessive
appeettani
appeittani
instructive
comitative
—appeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
appeesi
appeesi
accusative
nom.
appeesi
appeesi
gen.
appeesi
genitive
appeesi
appeidesi appeittesi
partitive
apettasi
appeitasi
inessive
appeessasi
appeissasi
elative
appeestasi
appeistasi
illative
appeeseesi
appeisiisi appeihisi
adessive
appeellasi
appeillasi
ablative
appeeltasi
appeiltasi
allative
appeellesi
appeillesi
essive
appeenasi
appeinasi
translative
appeeksesi
appeiksesi
abessive
appeettasi
appeittasi
instructive
comitative
—appeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
appeemme
appeemme
accusative
nom.
appeemme
appeemme
gen.
appeemme
genitive
appeemme
appeidemme appeittemme
partitive
apettamme
appeitamme
inessive
appeessamme
appeissamme
elative
appeestamme
appeistamme
illative
appeeseemme
appeisiimme appeihimme
adessive
appeellamme
appeillamme
ablative
appeeltamme
appeiltamme
allative
appeellemme
appeillemme
essive
appeenamme
appeinamme
translative
appeeksemme
appeiksemme
abessive
appeettamme
appeittamme
instructive
comitative
—appeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
appeenne
appeenne
accusative
nom.
appeenne
appeenne
gen.
appeenne
genitive
appeenne
appeidenne appeittenne
partitive
apettanne
appeitanne
inessive
appeessanne
appeissanne
elative
appeestanne
appeistanne
illative
appeeseenne
appeisiinne appeihinne
adessive
appeellanne
appeillanne
ablative
appeeltanne
appeiltanne
allative
appeellenne
appeillenne
essive
appeenanne
appeinanne
translative
appeeksenne
appeiksenne
abessive
appeettanne
appeittanne
instructive
comitative
—appeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
appeensa
appeensa
accusative
nom.
appeensa
appeensa
gen.
appeensa
genitive
appeensa
appeidensa appeittensa
partitive
apettaan apettansa
appeitaan appeitansa
inessive
appeessaan appeessansa
appeissaan appeissansa
elative
appeestaan appeestansa
appeistaan appeistansa
illative
appeeseensa
appeisiinsa appeihinsa
adessive
appeellaan appeellansa
appeillaan appeillansa
ablative
appeeltaan appeeltansa
appeiltaan appeiltansa
allative
appeelleen appeellensa
appeilleen appeillensa
essive
appeenaan appeenansa
appeinaan appeinansa
translative
appeekseen appeeksensa
appeikseen appeiksensa
abessive
appeettaan appeettansa
appeittaan appeittansa
instructive
comitative
—appeineen appeinensa :

#### Derived terms

* apevaunu

### Further reading

* “ape”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Guaraní
### Pronunciation

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### Noun

ape
* back

## Interlingua
### Etymology

From Latin apis, apem.

### Noun

ape (plural apes)
* bee

#### Related terms

* apicultura

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin apem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.pe/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ape
* Hyphenation: à‧pe

### Noun

ape f (plural api)
* (entomology) bee
    Synonym: pecchia
* (colloquial) honeybee
    Synonyms: ape da miele, ape domestica

#### Related terms

* ape regina
* apiario
* apicoltura
* apino
* apiterapia

### Further reading

* ape on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$

### Anagrams

* epa

## Latin
### Verb

ape
* second-person singular present active imperative of apō

### References

* “ape”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Mauritian Creole
### Alternative forms

* pe

### Etymology

From French après. Compare Haitian Creole ap.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /(a)pe/

### Verb

ape (medial form ape)
* (auxiliary) Used to indicate present progressive tense or the continuous tense in general, commonly shortened to "pe" in speech.

#### Related terms

* ti ape

## Mbyá Guaraní
### Noun

ape (non-possessed form tape)
* path
* road, street

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* eape, aape

### Etymology

From Old English apa, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːp(ə)/

### Noun

ape (plural apes or apen)
* An ape or monkey; a simian creature.
* A deceiver; a conman or charlatan.
* A gullible or foolish person.

#### Descendants

* English: ape
* Scots: ape, aip

#### References

* “āpe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.

## Neapolitan
### Noun

ape
* plural of apa

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aːpe/

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse api.

#### Noun

ape f or m (definite singular apa or apen, indefinite plural aper, definite plural apene)
* ape, monkey

##### Related terms

* apekatt
* primat

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ape (imperative ap, present tense aper, passive apes, simple past apa or apet or apte, past participle apa or apet or apt, present participle apende)
* to ape, mimic or imitate.

### References

* “ape” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse api.

#### Noun

ape m (definite singular apen, indefinite plural apar, definite plural apane)
ape f (definite singular apa, indefinite plural aper, definite plural apene)
* ape, monkey

##### Related terms

* apekatt
* primat

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ape (present tense apar, past tense apa, past participle apa, passive infinitive apast, present participle apande, imperative ape/ap)
* e-infinitive form of apa

### References

* “ape” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈape]

### Noun

ape
* inflection of apă:
** plural
** genitive/dative singular

## Sardinian
### Alternative forms

* abe

### Etymology

From Latin apis, apem. Compare Logudorese abe, Campidanese abi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈape/

### Noun

ape f (plural apes)
* (Nuorese) bee

#### Derived terms

* ape mascru
* ape reina

#### Related terms

* abbutu
* apiana
* apiolu
* apiàriu
* àbia

### References

* Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964) Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg
* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes