API

See also: Appendix:Variations of "api"

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: ā'pē'īʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌeɪˌpiˈaɪ/

• Audio (General American):

  (file)

Noun

API (plural APIs or API)

2. (pharmacology) Initialism of active pharmaceutical ingredient.
4. (programming) Initialism of application programming interface.
5. Initialism of Asian and Pacific Islander.

   Coordinate term: AAPI

6. (weaponry) Initialism of advanced primer ignition.
7. (weaponry) Initialism of armor-piercing incendiary.

Hypernyms

• PI

Hyponyms

• REST API

Translations

application programming interface — see application programming interface

Proper noun

API

1. Initialism of American Petroleum Institute.
2. (international law) Initialism of Additional Protocol I of 1977 to the four Geneva Conventions.

   Alternative form: AP I

3. (Malaysia, meteorology) Initialism of Air Pollutant Index.

   An API reading of 160 is very dangerous.

Derived terms

• API donut
• API gravity
• API reading
• API Service Symbol

Further reading

• API (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Application programming interface on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Active pharmaceutical ingredient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Advanced Primer Ignition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• AIP, IAP, IPA, PIA, pia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pe.i/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Proper noun

API m

1. initialism of alphabet phonétique international: IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English API.

Noun

API m (invariable)

1. API, application programming interface

Etymology 3

Noun

API m (invariable)

1. initialism of automate programmable industriel (programmable logic controller), PLC

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ˈpe.i/
• Homophone: api

Proper noun

API

1. initialism of Akademi Penerbang Indonesia

Noun

API

1. initialism of alat penangkapan ikan
2. (computing) Initialism of application programming interface.
3. (tourism) initialism of Anugerah Pesona Indonesia
4. (trading) initialism of angka pengenal importir

Latin

Proper noun

API n (indeclinable)

1. initialism of Alphabētum Phōnēticum Internātiōnāle (“International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English API.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa ˈpe ˈi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa ˈpe ˈi/

Noun

API f (plural APIs)

1. (programming) API (application programming interface)