Meaning

6 senses
  1. An anthropoid of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.

  2. A Hominoidea primate other than a human.

    Affe, Menschenaffe

    обезья́наobezʹjána, человекообра́зная обезья́наčelovekoobráznaja obezʹjána

    ма́впаmávpa, людиноподі́бна ма́впаljudynopodíbna mávpa

  3. (derogatory)An unintelligent or unsophisticated person, especially one who behaves irrationally or in an uncivilised manner.

    person who resembles a nonhuman primate

  4. An unintelligent or unsophisticated person, especially one who behaves irrationally or in an uncivilised manner.

    (derogatory, ethnic, slur)A black person.

    Affe

    обезья́наobezʹjána

  5. One who apes; a foolish imitator.

  6. (Internet)A person who invests in meme stock, especially one who uses subreddits such as /r/wallstreetbets.

Examples

68 sentences
  1. Why have the apes evolved more than other animals?

    Чому людиноподібні мавпи еволюціонували більше, ніж інші тварини? — ChickenKiev

  2. Apes are intelligent.

    Мавпи розумні. — aandrusiak

    ruОбезьяны умны. — odexed

    deAffen sind intelligent. — MUIRIEL

  3. When a big ape emerged from the cave, they got frightened and ran away.

    ruКогда из пещеры выскочила большая обезьяна, они испугались и убежали. — Hellerick

  4. Apes rank above dogs in intelligence.

    ruПо уровню интеллекта обезьяны превосходят собак. — marafon

    deAffen übertreffen Hunde in puncto Intelligenz. — Zaghawa

  5. Orangutans are my favorite apes.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
primate of the clade Hominoidea:
Русский
By meaning 1
primate of the clade Hominoidea:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
primate of the clade Hominoidea:

Origin

From Middle English ape, from Old English apa (“ape, monkey”), from Proto-West Germanic *a

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".

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Forms

plural: apes
Singularape
Pluralapes

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

40 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ape — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto