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Meaning of Ape | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
eɪp

Definitions

  1. A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
  2. Initialism of alkylphenol ethoxylate.
    abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. Any such primate other than a human.
  4. An unintelligent or unsophisticated person, especially one who behaves irrationally or in an uncivilised manner.
    derogatory
  5. One who apes; a foolish imitator.
  6. A black person.
    ethnic, offensive, slur

Equivalents

Afrikaans aap
Беларуская малпа
Български маймуна
བོད་སྐད མི་རྒོད
Bosanski majmun opica бич мајмун
Català imitar mico
Čeština napodobovat opičák opice opičit se
Dansk abe
Ελληνικά πιθηκίζω πίθηκος
Esperanto simii simio
Eesti ahv
Suomi apina apinoida ihmisapina matkia
Gaeilge ápa
עברית קוף
हिन्दी वनमानुष वानर
Hrvatski majmun opica бич мајмун
Magyar majom majomkodik
Հայերեն կապիկ
Bahasa Indonesia kera
Íslenska apa eftir api
Italiano ape ominide scimmia scimmiottare
日本語 さる 猿真似する 類人猿
ქართული მაიმუნი
ខ្មែរ ស្វា
Kurdî abê abê abê af ape singer
Latina clura simia simius
Lëtzebuergesch Af
Lietuvių beždžionė
Latviešu pērtiķis
Te Reo Māori makimaki
Македонски мајмун
Монгол бич
Bahasa Melayu mawas
Malti xadin
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬਣਮਾਣਸ
Português apê imitar macaco macaquear símio
Slovenčina opica
Slovenščina opica
Shqip majmun
Српски majmun opica бич мајмун
Svenska apa apa efter härma människoapa
Тоҷикӣ маймун
Tagalog bakulaw ugaw
Українська мавпа мавпувати
اردو بندر
IsiZulu inkawu

Examples

“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.”
“The most important and commonly used APEs are nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs), which account for 80% of the APE market.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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