Ape

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 3.2 Related terms 4 Norwegian 4.1 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: 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 Polish: małpa f Portuguese: macaco m Russian: обезьяна (obez'yana) Spanish: mono m Swedish: apa c

person

German: Affe m

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 German: nachäffen

Swedish: härma

Related terms

• apeshit
• go ape
• monkey

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Interlingua

Noun

ape

1. bee

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Italian

Noun

ape f (plural api )

1. bee

Related terms

• apiario
• apino
• apiterapia

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Norwegian

Noun

ape c

1. ape