"API" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /ˌeɪˌpiˈaɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Khangtran2008-API.wav
enPR: ā'pē'īʹ [General-American] Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} API
  1. Initialism of American Petroleum Institute. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: American Petroleum Institute
    Sense id: en-API-en-name-fNgOTWur
  2. (international law) Initialism of Additional Protocol I of 1977 to the four Geneva Conventions. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Additional Protocol I of 1977 to the four Geneva Conventions Categories (topical): International law
    Sense id: en-API-en-name-af-aMT8H Categories (other): English links with redundant wikilinks
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: API donut, API gravity, API Service Symbol

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌeɪˌpiˈaɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Khangtran2008-API.wav Forms: APIs [plural], API [plural]
enPR: ā'pē'īʹ [General-American] Head templates: {{en-noun|s|API}} API (plural APIs or API)
  1. (pharmacology) Initialism of active pharmaceutical ingredient. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: active pharmaceutical ingredient Categories (topical): Pharmacology
    Sense id: en-API-en-noun-DzmB97Gp Topics: medicine, pharmacology, sciences
  2. (programming) Initialism of application programming interface. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: application programming interface Categories (topical): Programming
  3. Initialism of Asian and Pacific Islander. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: Asian and Pacific Islander
    Sense id: en-API-en-noun-CZTrlHU9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 11 2 24 38 5 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 14 8 1 16 29 4 6 6 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 8 1 18 32 3 6 6 18
  4. (weaponry) Initialism of advanced primer ignition. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: advanced primer ignition Categories (topical): Weapons
    Sense id: en-API-en-noun-Ed6tHEi2 Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  5. (weaponry) Initialism of armor-piercing incendiary. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: armor-piercing incendiary Categories (topical): Weapons
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: PI Hyponyms: REST API

Proper name [French]

IPA: /a.pe.i/
Head templates: {{fr-proper noun|m}} API m
  1. Initialism of alphabet phonétique international: IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, masculine Alternative form of: alphabet phonétique international (extra: IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet))
    Sense id: en-API-fr-name-MmObirVA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [French]

IPA: /a.pe.i/ Forms: API [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from English API. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|en|API}} Borrowed from English API Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|#}} API m (plural API)
  1. API, application programming interface Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-API-fr-noun-STvQXOZP Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [Indonesian]

Head templates: {{head|id|noun}} API
  1. Initialism of alat penangkapan ikan. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: alat penangkapan ikan
    Sense id: en-API-id-noun-2yK096dI Categories (other): Indonesian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Proper name [Latin]

Head templates: {{la-proper noun|API|g=n|indecl=1}} API n (indeclinable)
  1. Initialism of Alphabētum Phōnēticum Internātiōnāle (“International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, indeclinable, initialism, neuter Alternative form of: Alphabētum Phōnēticum Internātiōnāle (extra: (“International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)”))
    Sense id: en-API-la-name-1rXAoWbr Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈa ˈpe ˈi/ [Brazil], /ˈa ˈpe ˈi/ [Portugal] Forms: APIs [plural]
Etymology: Orthographic borrowing from English API. Etymology templates: {{obor|pt|en|API}} Orthographic borrowing from English API Head templates: {{pt-noun|f|#s}} API f (plural APIs)
  1. (programming) API (application programming interface) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Programming

Inflected forms

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