"apse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æps/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apse.wav Forms: apses [plural], apsides [plural]
Rhymes: -æps Etymology: From Latin apsis, hapsis, from Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”), from ἅπτω (háptō, “I bind, join”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|apsis}} Latin apsis, {{der|en|grc|ἁψίς||arch, vault}} Ancient Greek ἁψίς (hapsís, “arch, vault”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|apsides}} apse (plural apses or apsides)
  1. (architecture) The rounded east end of a church that contains or is behind the altar. Wikidata QID: Q170463 Synonyms: apsis, apside, chancel, presbytery, sanctuary[Appendix:Glossary
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  2. (architecture) The rounded east end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
    (strictest sense) The interior portion of this section of the church building, excluding the ambulatory and any apse chapels.
    Wikidata QID: Q170463 Synonyms: apsis, apside, chancel, presbytery, sanctuary[Appendix:Glossary Related terms: ambulatory [comeronym], apse chapel [comeronym]
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  3. A semicircular projection from any building that is similar to a church's apse. Translations (semicircular projection from a building): absidë [feminine] (Albanian), kungë [feminine] (Albanian), kungore [feminine] (Albanian), ajodhimë [feminine] (Albanian), shenjtërore [feminine] (Albanian), аспида (aspida) (Bulgarian), absis [masculine] (Catalan), 半圓形後殿 /半圆形后殿 (Chinese Mandarin), apsida [feminine] (Czech), apsis [masculine] (Danish), korrunding [masculine] (Danish), apsis [feminine] (Dutch), absido (Esperanto), kuori (Finnish), apsis (Finnish), absidi (Finnish), abside [feminine] (French), ábsida (Galician), აფსიდა (apsida) (Georgian), Apsis [feminine] (German), αψίδα (apsída) [feminine] (Greek), apszis (Hungarian), cúlbhá [feminine] (Irish), abside [feminine] (Italian), apse [masculine] (Manx), apsis [masculine] (Norwegian), korrunding [masculine] (Norwegian), apsyda [feminine] (Polish), absyda [feminine] (Polish), abside [feminine] (Portuguese), absidă [feminine] [architecture] (Romanian), апси́да (apsída) [feminine] (Russian), apsida [feminine] (Slovak), apsida [feminine] (Slovene), ábside [masculine] (Spanish), ábsida [feminine, rare] (Spanish), absid [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-apse-en-noun-en:part_of_nonchurch_building_like_apse_of_church Disambiguation of 'semicircular projection from a building': 8 14 77 0 0 1
  4. The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches. Coordinate_terms: see Translations (bishop's seat or throne): piispanistuin (Finnish), cathaoir easpaig [feminine] (Irish), apse [masculine] (Manx), محراب (mehrab) (Persian), تابوک (tābuk) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-apse-en-noun-en:chair_of_a_bishop Disambiguation of "bishop's seat or throne": 3 3 0 90 2 1
  5. A reliquary: a case in which the relics of saints are kept. Wikidata QID: Q722604
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  6. (astronomy) Obsolete form of apsis (“the nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit”). Wikidata QID: Q83481 Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: apsis (extra: the nearest and furthest points to the centre of gravitational attraction for a body in orbit) Synonyms: apsis, apside
    Sense id: en-apse-en-noun-en:Q83481 Categories (other): Astronomy Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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Derived forms: apse chapel, apse line, counterapse, synapse
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /æps/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apse.wav Forms: apses [plural]
Rhymes: -æps Head templates: {{en-noun}} apse (plural apses)
  1. (obsolete or dialectal) An aspen tree. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-apse-en-noun-mQS1ps2Y
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Etymology number: 2

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      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "apse (plural apses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dialectal terms",
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An aspen tree."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "aspen",
          "aspen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete or dialectal) An aspen tree."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æps/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-apse.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-apse.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-apse.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e2/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-apse.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-apse.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æps"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "apps"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "lv:+"
  ],
  "word": "apse"
}

Download raw JSONL data for apse meaning in English (13.9kB)

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  "called_from": "page/1713/20221215",
  "msg": "later head without list of senses,template node #, apse/English",
  "path": [
    "apse"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "apse",
  "trace": ""
}

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