app

See also: APP, App, and app.

Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Apma with p as a placeholder.

Symbol

app

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Apma.

See also

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
Proto-Italic *ad
Proto-Italic *ad-
Latin ad-
Proto-Indo-European *pel-
Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.
Latin plicō
Latin applicō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin applicātiōlbor.
Old French aplicacionbor.
Middle English applicacioun
English applicationclip.
English app

    Clipping of application.

    Noun

    app (plural apps)

    2. (computing, mobile telephony) An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
      • 1999 February, Maximum PC, volume 4, number 2:
        A visual tool can be thought of as a graphics app that generates most of your program's GUI code for you
      • 1999, Jerry Bradenbaugh, JavaScript application cookbook, page xi:
        So is a spreadsheet app, but I'm not going to put those on a web site any time soon.
      • 1999 November, AUUGN, volume 20, number 4, page 9:
        The Web browser was the killer app that kickstarted the Internet and, in turn, enabled it to be embedded in everything
      • 2005 May, Popular Science, volume 266, number 5, page 78:
        Want realtime flight and gate updates? A calorie counter? A remote for your DVD player? Chances are there's an app for it. Smartphones separate themselves in another key area: connectivity
      • 2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 53:
        Parking is by app, which (when it works) is good. But £7.70 to park is extortionate, so GTR needs to look at reducing that.
    3. (military) application (use, purpose; not a computer program)
      • 1995, The X-Files (TV series), Nisei (episode)
        SCULLY: What are these chips used for?
        PENDRELL: Video games, brake systems, they're finding new apps every day. I just read about one being designed to help the severely disabled operate computers using brainwaves.
    4. (education, informal) application (to a college etc.)
      • 2011, Nicole Leigh Shepherd, Stealing Bases:
        “Ky—please don't take this the wrong way—I actually have to wear a dress from our line. You know, to show off my marketing materials on my college app. So, I'm working on it with Hannah.”
    Hyponyms
    Derived terms
    Descendants
    • → Pohnpeian: ap
    Translations

    Etymology 2

    Shortening of appetizer.

    Noun

    app (plural apps)

    1. (informal) appetizer
      • 2007, Evelyn Spence, Explorer's Guide Colorado's Classic Mountain Towns:
        The food is some of Breck's best: apps like sweet potato gnocchi with smoked chicken and sage cream […]
      • 2009, Robin Asbell, New Vegetarian:
        If you lay out a platter of these exciting, beautiful vegetarian appetizers, the other apps will pale in comparison.
      • 2010, Bill Allen, Grillin', Chillin', and Swillin', page 1:
        This is not to say that we only serve apps at dinner parties. Quite the contrary; but for smaller gatherings, good appetizers can distinguish you as a host who puts more thought and effort into his or her party menu. Better yet, most apps are relatively easy to make […]

    Etymology 3

    Shortening of appearance.

    Noun

    app (plural apps)

    1. (sports) An appearance in a game.
      That player has had ten apps this season.

    See also

    • Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

    Anagrams

    Catalan

    Etymology

      Borrowed from English app.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      app f (plural apps)

      1. app
        Synonyms: aplicació mòbil, apli

      Further reading

      Chinese

      Etymology 1

      From English app.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      app (Hong Kong Cantonese)

      1. (computing, mobile telephony) app (Classifier: 個／个 c; 隻／只 c)
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      Noun

      app

      1. alternative form of APP

      Cornish

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English app.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      app m (plural appys)

      1. (computing) app

      References

      • “app” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

      Danish

      Etymology

      From English app, shortened from application.

      Noun

      app c (singular definite appen, plural indefinite apper or apps)

      1. (computing) app

      Declension

      Declension of app
      common
      gender       		singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative app appen apper
      apps       		appsene
      apperne
      appene
      genitive apps appens appers
      apps'       		appsenes
      appernes
      appenes

      Synonyms

      Derived terms

      • appudvikler
      • mobilapp

      References

      Dutch

      Etymology

      From English app. The senses pertaining to text messaging are influenced by the app name WhatsApp.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ɛp/
      • Audio:(file)
      • Hyphenation: app
      • Rhymes: -ɛp
      • Homophones: eb, Ep

      Noun

      app f or m (plural apps, diminutive appje n)

      1. an app
        Wat voor apps heb jij erop staan?
        What apps have you got on your phone?
      2. (Netherlands, typically in the diminutive) a text message sent using an app
        Hyponym: whatsapp
        Stuur alsjeblieft even een appje zodra je veilig thuis bent.
        Please send a text as soon as you're home safe.
      3. (Netherlands) a chat on a text messaging app, particularly a group chat
        Ze ruzieden in de app van het studentenhuis.
        They had a fight in the student accommodation chat.

      Verb

      app

      1. inflection of appen:
        1. first-person singular present indicative
        2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
        3. imperative

      Derived terms

      • 112-app
      • appen
      • appgroep
      • buurtapp
      • chatapp
      • familieapp
      • fotoapp
      • gameapp
      • groepsapp
      • korfbalapp
      • leesapp
      • tennisapp
      • videochatapp
      • voetbalapp
      • zoekapp

      Anagrams

      Faroese

      Etymology

      From English app, from application, from Latin applicātiō.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /aʰpː/
        Rhymes: -aʰpː

      Noun

      app f (genitive singular appar, plural appir)

      1. (computing) app (for a mobile device)

      Declension

      f2 singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative app appin appir appirnar
      accusative app appina appir appirnar
      dative app appini appum appunum
      genitive appar apparinnar appa appanna

      French

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      app m (plural apps)

      1. only used in bon app (“bon appétit”)

      Hungarian

      Etymology

      Clipping of applikáció (“application”), from English application.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈɒpː]
      • Rhymes: -ɒpː
      • Hyphenation: app

      Noun

      app (plural appok)

      1. (computing) app, application
        Synonyms: alkalmazás, applikáció

      Declension

      Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
      singular plural
      nominative app appok
      accusative appot appokat
      dative appnak appoknak
      instrumental appal appokkal
      causal-final appért appokért
      translative appá appokká
      terminative appig appokig
      essive-formal appként appokként
      essive-modal — —
      inessive appban appokban
      superessive appon appokon
      adessive appnál appoknál
      illative appba appokba
      sublative appra appokra
      allative apphoz appokhoz
      elative appból appokból
      delative appról appokról
      ablative apptól appoktól
      non-attributive
      possessive – singular       		appé appoké
      non-attributive
      possessive – plural       		appéi appokéi
      Possessive forms of app
      possessor single possession multiple possessions
      1st person sing. appom appjaim
      2nd person sing. appod appjaid
      3rd person sing. appja appjai
      1st person plural appunk appjaink
      2nd person plural appotok appjaitok
      3rd person plural appjuk appjaik

      Icelandic

      Etymology

      Borrowed from English app, from application, from Latin applicātiō.

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): [ˈahp]
        Rhymes: -ahp

      Noun

      app n (genitive singular apps, nominative plural öpp)

      1. (computing) app (for a mobile device)
        Synonym: smáforrit

      Declension

      Declension of app (neuter)
      singular plural
      indefinite definite indefinite definite
      nominative app appið öpp öppin
      accusative app appið öpp öppin
      dative appi appinu öppum öppunum
      genitive apps appsins appa appanna

      Further reading

      Italian

      Etymology

        Borrowed from English app.

        Noun

        app f (invariable)

        1. app

        Ludian

        Alternative forms

        • ap (Mundärv, Kompohd')
        • appi (Pühärv)

        Etymology

        From Proto-Finnic *appi.

        Noun

        app

        1. father-in-law

        Declension

        Declension of app (type 3b/plieš, pp-p gradation)
        singular plural
        nominative app apid
        genitive apin appiiden
        partitive appid appiid
        essive appin appiin
        instructive — apiin
        inessive apiš apiiš
        elative apišpiä apiišpiä
        illative appih appiihe
        adessive apil apiil
        ablative apilpiä apiilpiä
        allative apile apiile
        abessive apita apiita
        prolative apiči apiiči
        translative apikš apiikš
        additive appihpiä appiihepiä
        *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)

        References

        • M. Pahomov (2022), “app”, in Lüüdi-venän, venä-lüüdin sanakirdʹ‎[1], Helsinki: Lüüdilaine Siebr, →ISBN, page 17
        • Juho Kujola (1944), “ap̄”, in Lyydiläismurteiden sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 10

        Portuguese

        Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
        Proto-Italic *ad
        Proto-Italic *ad-
        Latin ad-
        Proto-Indo-European *pel-
        Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der.
        Latin plicō
        Latin applicō
        Proto-Indo-European *-tós
        Proto-Indo-European *-is
        Proto-Indo-European *-tis
        Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
        Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
        Proto-Italic *-tiō
        Latin -tiō
        Latin applicātiōlbor.
        Old French aplicacionbor.
        Middle English applicacioun
        English applicationclip.
        English appubor.
        Portuguese app

          Unadapted borrowing from English app.

          Pronunciation

          • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.pi/, /ˌaˌpeˈpe/
          • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.pɨ/, /ˈɛ.pɨ/, /ˌaˌpeˈpe/

          Noun

          app (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural apps)

          1. (computing) app (small computer application)
            Synonyms: aplicação, (Brazil) aplicativo
            • 2014, Peter Thiel, translated by Miguel Bôto, Zero to One, →ISBN, unnumbered page; republished as De Zero a Um, Leya, 2015:
              A realização de pequenas melhorias relativamente a algo que já existe poderá levá-lo a um máximo local, mas não o irá ajudar a alcançar o máximo global. Poderá desenvolver a melhor versão de uma app para encomendar papel higiénico através do iPhone, […]
              (please add an English translation of this quotation)

          Further reading

          Romanian

          Adverb

          app

          1. (Internet slang, text messaging) abbreviation of apropo (“by the way”)

          Spanish

          Etymology

          Unadapted borrowing from English app (with gender by association with aplicación f).

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): /ˈap/ [ˈap]
            • Rhymes: -ap
          • IPA(key): /ˈapepe/ [ˈa.pe.pe]
            • Rhymes: -apepe

          Noun

          app m or f (plural apps)

          1. (computing) app
            Synonym: aplicación
            • 2019 December 16, “Una app de citas descartará posibles parejas por su ADN”, in El País‎[2], Madrid: Ediciones El País, S.L., →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 October 2026:
              Con la app de George Church, sus padres no se habrían conocido, porque habrían sido declarados incompatibles.
              (please add an English translation of this quotation)

          Usage notes

          • According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
          • Nominally, app always takes the usual feminine articles la and una (la app, una app). This makes it an exception to the rule according to which feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ frequently take the articles el and un otherwise reserved for masculine nouns (e.g., el alma, un alma).

          Further reading

          Swedish

          Noun

          app c

          1. (computing) an app (especially on mobile phones and the like, like in English)
            Synonym: applikation

          Declension

          Declension of app
          nominative genitive
          singular indefinite app apps
          definite appen appens
          plural indefinite appar appars
          definite apparna apparnas

          Derived terms

          • mobilapp

          Interjection

          app

          1. Expresses reproach; "Hey, don't do that!"
            App app app – den där får du inte äta. Den är till festen imorgon.
            App app app – you can't eat that one. It's for the party tomorrow.

          Usage notes

          Usually repeated.

          References

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