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apple

ap·ple
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ap-uh l]
    • /ˈæp əl/
    • /ˈæp.l̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ap-uh l]
    • /ˈæp əl/

Definitions of apple word

  • variable noun apple An apple is a round fruit with smooth green, yellow, or red skin and firm white flesh. 3
  • noun apple a rosaceous tree, Malus sieversii, native to Central Asia but widely cultivated in temperate regions in many varieties, having pink or white fragrant flowers and firm rounded edible fruits 3
  • noun apple the fruit of this tree, having red, yellow, or green skin and crisp whitish flesh 3
  • noun apple the wood of this tree 3
  • noun apple any of several unrelated trees that have fruits similar to the apple, such as the custard apple, sugar apple, and May apple 3
  • noun apple a round, firm, fleshy, edible fruit with a green, yellow, or red skin and small seeds 3

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Origin of apple

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English appel, Old English æppel; cognate with Old Frisian, Dutch appel, Old Saxon apl, appul, Old High German apful (German Apfel), Crimean Gothic apel < Germanic *aplu (akin to Old Norse epli < *apljan); Old Irish ubull (neuter), Welsh afal, Breton aval < pre-Celtic *ǫblu; Lithuanian óbuolas, -ỹs, Latvian âbuol(i)s (with reshaped suffix), OPruss woble, perhaps Thracian (din)upla, (sin)upyla wild pumpkin, OCS (j)ablŭko (representing *ablŭ-ko, neuter) < Balto-Slavic *āblu-. Cf. Avalon

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Parts of speech for Apple

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

apple popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for apple

noun apple

  • orb — Object Request Broker
  • balloon — A balloon is a small, thin, rubber bag that you blow air into so that it becomes larger and rounder or longer. Balloons are used as toys or decorations.
  • drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • pill — a small globular or rounded mass of medicinal substance, usually covered with a hard coating, that is to be swallowed whole.
  • globule — a small spherical body.

adj apple

  • fir — any coniferous tree belonging to the genus Abies, of the pine family, characterized by its pyramidal style of growth, flat needles, and erect cones.
  • sap — Fortification. a deep, narrow trench constructed so as to form an approach to a besieged place or an enemy's position.
  • jade — James' DSSSL Engine
  • sage — Alain René [a-lan ruh-ney] /aˈlɛ̃ rəˈneɪ/ (Show IPA), 1668–1747, French novelist and dramatist.
  • mossHoward, 1922–1987, U.S. poet, editor, and playwright.

Antonyms for apple

adj apple

  • skilled — having skill; trained or experienced in work that requires skill.
  • old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.

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