Apache

See also: apache and apaché

English

Portraits of some Apaches (members of any of several native peoples of southwestern USA)

Etymology

Etymology tree
Zuni ʔa·pačuder.
Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai ʔpačəder.
Spanish apachebor.
English Apache

    From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name.

    The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation.

    Pronunciation

    • enPR: ə-păch'ē, IPA(key): /əˈpæ.t͡ʃi/
    • Audio (Southern England):(file)
    • Rhymes: -ætʃi

    Proper noun

    Apache

    1. The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
      Synonyms: Apachean, Southern Athabaskan
    2. A town in Oklahoma, United States. See Apache, Oklahoma.
    3. (computing, informal) Apache HTTP Server, a widely used open source web server software suite. [released in 1995]
      • 2002, Daniel López Ridruejo, Daniel Lopez, Ian Kallen, Sams Teach Yourself Apache 2 in 24 Hours‎[1], Sams Publishing, page 62:
        This list is necessary so Apache can set the right HTTP headers when a certain file is requested.
      • 2003, Scott Hawkins, BEA WebLogic Server Administration Kit‎[2], page 59:
        This section discusses the process of configuring Apache to participate in WebLogic clusters. Apache is a Web server, the most popular one, actually.
      • 2014, Matthew Helmke, Ubuntu Unleashed 2015 Edition: Covering 14.10 and 15.04‎[3], Sams Publishing, page 496:
        IBM made an early commitment to support and use Apache as the basis for its web offerings and has dedicated substantial resources to the project because it makes more sense to use an established, proven web server.

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    Translations

    Noun

    Apache (plural Apaches or Apache)

    1. Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
    2. A person belonging to an Apache people.
    3. (historical) A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
      Alternative form: apache
      • 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “What Happened in the Rue Maule”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 35:
        But the brain, and the agility, and the muscles that had coped with the mighty strength and cruel craftiness of Terkoz and Numa in the fastness of their savage jungle were not to be so easily subdued as these apaches of Paris had believed.
      • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 115:
        “He had the big paper knife in his hand, and ‘Mind, Dorcas,’ he says, ‘you’ll have to be very respectful. This is my specially sharpened scimitar, and it’s off with your head if I’m at all displeased with you!’ Miss Cynthia, she was what they call an Apache, or some such name—a Frenchified sort of cut-throat, I take it to be. A real sight she looked. You’d never have believed a pretty young lady like that could have made herself into such a ruffian.”
    4. (military, plural only "Apaches") AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.

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    Further reading

    French

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Apache m or f

    1. Apache (a web server)
    2. Apache (a town in Caddo County, Oklahoma, United States)
    3. Apache (a member of the tribe)

    German

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /aˈpatʃə/, [ʔaˈpa.t͡ʃə], (archaic) /aˈpaxə/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Rhymes: -at͡ʃə

    Etymology 1

      From Spanish apache, likely in part through English Apache. Further origin uncertain; possibly from Zuni ˀa˙paču.

      Noun

      Apache m (weak, genitive Apachen, plural Apachen, feminine Apachin) or
      (now rare) Apache m (strong, genitive Apache or Apaches, plural Apache or Apaches)

      1. Apache (a member of the tribe)
      Declension
      Declension of Apache [masculine, weak]
      singular plural
      indef. def. noun def. noun
      nominative ein der Apache die Apachen
      genitive eines des Apachen der Apachen
      dative einem dem Apachen den Apachen
      accusative einen den Apachen die Apachen
      Declension of Apache [masculine, strong]
      singular plural
      indef. def. noun def. noun
      nominative ein der Apache die Apache, Apaches
      genitive eines des Apache, Apaches der Apache, Apaches
      dative einem dem Apache den Apache, Apaches
      accusative einen den Apache die Apache, Apaches
      Alternative forms
      • Apatsche
      Hypernyms

      Etymology 2

        From French apache, itself after the tribe above.

        Noun

        Apache m (weak, genitive Apachen, plural Apachen)

        1. (historical) Apache, apache (Parisian gangster)
        Declension
        Declension of Apache [masculine, weak]
        singular plural
        indef. def. noun def. noun
        nominative ein der Apache die Apachen
        genitive eines des Apachen der Apachen
        dative einem dem Apachen den Apachen
        accusative einen den Apachen die Apachen

        Further reading

        • “Apache”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[4] (in German)
        • “Apache” in Duden online
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