ape

head

ape f (plural api, definite articulation apa)


ape

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.

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:

A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

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”).


ape

And well their dignity it ſuits, / To ape the gravity of brutes.

1772, [Thomas Bridges], “Something by Way of Preface”, in A Burlesque Translation of Homer, London: Printed for S. Hooper, […], →OCLC:

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.

1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XXI, in Wuthering Heights:

It is not conceived as a mere “aping” in externals nor as an enacting in the sense of assuming a foreign role.

1961, J. A. Philip, “Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato,”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 92, page 454:

Every year a paper or a book appears, bemoaning the fate of economics and complaining about its attempts to ape physics.

2010, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, New York: Random House, →ISBN, page 180:

(transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.

en-verb

ape (third-person singular simple present apes, present participle aping or apeing, simple past and past participle aped)

apes (present singular third-person)
aping (participle present)
apeing (participle present)
aped (participle past)
aped (past)


ape

We were ape over the new look.

He went ape when he heard the bad news.

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


ape

ape (nominative singular)
appeet (nominative plural)
ape (accusative nominative singular)
appeet (accusative nominative plural)
appeen (accusative genitive singular)
appeet (accusative genitive plural)
appeen (genitive singular)
appeiden (genitive plural)
appeitten (genitive plural)
apetta (partitive singular)
appeita (partitive plural)
appeessa (inessive singular)
appeissa (inessive plural)
appeesta (elative singular)
appeista (elative plural)
appeeseen (illative singular)
appeisiin (illative plural)
appeihin (illative plural)
appeella (adessive singular)
appeilla (adessive plural)
appeelta (ablative singular)
appeilta (ablative plural)
appeelle (allative singular)
appeille (allative plural)
appeena (essive singular)
appeina (essive plural)
appeeksi (singular translative)
appeiksi (plural translative)
appeetta (abessive singular)
appeitta (abessive plural)
appein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
appeeni (nominative singular)
appeeni (nominative plural)
appeeni (accusative nominative singular)
appeeni (accusative nominative plural)
appeeni (accusative genitive singular)
appeeni (accusative genitive plural)
appeeni (genitive singular)
appeideni (genitive plural)
appeitteni (genitive plural)
apettani (partitive singular)
appeitani (partitive plural)
appeessani (inessive singular)
appeissani (inessive plural)
appeestani (elative singular)
appeistani (elative plural)
appeeseeni (illative singular)
appeisiini (illative plural)
appeihini (illative plural)
appeellani (adessive singular)
appeillani (adessive plural)
appeeltani (ablative singular)
appeiltani (ablative plural)
appeelleni (allative singular)
appeilleni (allative plural)
appeenani (essive singular)
appeinani (essive plural)
appeekseni (singular translative)
appeikseni (plural translative)
appeettani (abessive singular)
appeittani (abessive plural)
appeineni (comitative plural)
appeesi (nominative singular)
appeesi (nominative plural)
appeesi (accusative nominative singular)
appeesi (accusative nominative plural)
appeesi (accusative genitive singular)
appeesi (accusative genitive plural)
appeesi (genitive singular)
appeidesi (genitive plural)
appeittesi (genitive plural)
apettasi (partitive singular)
appeitasi (partitive plural)
appeessasi (inessive singular)
appeissasi (inessive plural)
appeestasi (elative singular)
appeistasi (elative plural)
appeeseesi (illative singular)
appeisiisi (illative plural)
appeihisi (illative plural)
appeellasi (adessive singular)
appeillasi (adessive plural)
appeeltasi (ablative singular)
appeiltasi (ablative plural)
appeellesi (allative singular)
appeillesi (allative plural)
appeenasi (essive singular)
appeinasi (essive plural)
appeeksesi (singular translative)
appeiksesi (plural translative)
appeettasi (abessive singular)
appeittasi (abessive plural)
appeinesi (comitative plural)
appeemme (nominative singular)
appeemme (nominative plural)
appeemme (accusative nominative singular)
appeemme (accusative nominative plural)
appeemme (accusative genitive singular)
appeemme (accusative genitive plural)
appeemme (genitive singular)
appeidemme (genitive plural)
appeittemme (genitive plural)
apettamme (partitive singular)
appeitamme (partitive plural)
appeessamme (inessive singular)
appeissamme (inessive plural)
appeestamme (elative singular)
appeistamme (elative plural)
appeeseemme (illative singular)
appeisiimme (illative plural)
appeihimme (illative plural)
appeellamme (adessive singular)
appeillamme (adessive plural)
appeeltamme (ablative singular)
appeiltamme (ablative plural)
appeellemme (allative singular)
appeillemme (allative plural)
appeenamme (essive singular)
appeinamme (essive plural)
appeeksemme (singular translative)
appeiksemme (plural translative)
appeettamme (abessive singular)
appeittamme (abessive plural)
appeinemme (comitative plural)
appeenne (nominative singular)
appeenne (nominative plural)
appeenne (accusative nominative singular)
appeenne (accusative nominative plural)
appeenne (accusative genitive singular)
appeenne (accusative genitive plural)
appeenne (genitive singular)
appeidenne (genitive plural)
appeittenne (genitive plural)
apettanne (partitive singular)
appeitanne (partitive plural)
appeessanne (inessive singular)
appeissanne (inessive plural)
appeestanne (elative singular)
appeistanne (elative plural)
appeeseenne (illative singular)
appeisiinne (illative plural)
appeihinne (illative plural)
appeellanne (adessive singular)
appeillanne (adessive plural)
appeeltanne (ablative singular)
appeiltanne (ablative plural)
appeellenne (allative singular)
appeillenne (allative plural)
appeenanne (essive singular)
appeinanne (essive plural)
appeeksenne (singular translative)
appeiksenne (plural translative)
appeettanne (abessive singular)
appeittanne (abessive plural)
appeinenne (comitative plural)
appeensa (nominative singular)
appeensa (nominative plural)
appeensa (accusative nominative singular)
appeensa (accusative nominative plural)
appeensa (accusative genitive singular)
appeensa (accusative genitive plural)
appeensa (genitive singular)
appeidensa (genitive plural)
appeittensa (genitive plural)
apettaan (partitive singular)
apettansa (partitive singular)
appeitaan (partitive plural)
appeitansa (partitive plural)
appeessaan (inessive singular)
appeessansa (inessive singular)
appeissaan (inessive plural)
appeissansa (inessive plural)
appeestaan (elative singular)
appeestansa (elative singular)
appeistaan (elative plural)
appeistansa (elative plural)
appeeseensa (illative singular)
appeisiinsa (illative plural)
appeihinsa (illative plural)
appeellaan (adessive singular)
appeellansa (adessive singular)
appeillaan (adessive plural)
appeillansa (adessive plural)
appeeltaan (ablative singular)
appeeltansa (ablative singular)
appeiltaan (ablative plural)
appeiltansa (ablative plural)
appeelleen (allative singular)
appeellensa (allative singular)
appeilleen (allative plural)
appeillensa (allative plural)
appeenaan (essive singular)
appeenansa (essive singular)
appeinaan (essive plural)
appeinansa (essive plural)
appeekseen (singular translative)
appeeksensa (singular translative)
appeikseen (plural translative)
appeiksensa (plural translative)
appeettaan (abessive singular)
appeettansa (abessive singular)
appeittaan (abessive plural)
appeittansa (abessive plural)
appeineen (comitative plural)
appeinensa (comitative plural)


ape

second-person singular present active imperative of apō


ape

present progressive
present progressive#English

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

From French après. Compare Haitian Creole ap.


ape

apes (plural)
apen (plural)
eape (alternative)
aape (alternative)

English: ape

Scots: ape, aip

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


ape

apa (definite singular)
apen (definite singular)
aper (indefinite plural)
apene (definite plural)


ape

head

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)

ap (imperative)
aper (present)
apes (passive)
apa (past)
apet (past)
apte (past)
apa (participle past)
apet (participle past)
apt (participle past)
apende (participle present)


ape

apen (definite singular)
apar (indefinite plural)
apane (definite plural)
apa (definite singular)
aper (indefinite plural)
apene (definite plural)


ape

apar (present)
apa (past)
apa (participle past)
apast (infinitive passive)
apande (participle present)
ape (imperative)
ap (imperative)


ape

inflection of apă:
genitive/dative singular


ape

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