B1verb · transitive · rare

ape

ape · apes · aped · aping

мавпувати

копировать, подражать, имитировать, кривляться

nachäffen

To behave like an apeTo behave like an ape.

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/eɪp/

» Why have the apes evolved more than other animals?

Чому людиноподібні мавпи еволюціонували більше, ніж інші тварини?

Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive)To behave like an ape.
обезья́нничатьobezʹjánničatʹ, кривля́тьсяkrivljátʹsja
(transitive)To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.
nachäffen
подража́тьpodražátʹ, имити́роватьimitírovatʹ, копи́роватьkopírovatʹ
мавпуватиmavpuvaty

More definitions

imitate uncritically and in every aspect
represent in or produce a caricature of

Examples

68 sentences

Why have the apes evolved more than other animals?
Чому людиноподібні мавпи еволюціонували більше, ніж інші тварини? — ChickenKiev
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Apes are intelligent.
Мавпи розумні. — aandrusiak
ruОбезьяны умны. — odexed
deAffen sind intelligent. — MUIRIEL
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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
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Apes rank above dogs in intelligence.
ruПо уровню интеллекта обезьяны превосходят собак. — marafon
deAffen übertreffen Hunde in puncto Intelligenz. — Zaghawa
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Orangutans are my favorite apes.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to imitate:

Русский

By meaning 2

to behave like an ape:

to imitate:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to imitate:

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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