apache
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -æʃ
Noun edit
apache (plural apaches)
- Alternative letter-case form of Apache, a Parisian gangster.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌaːˈpɑ.tʃə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: apa‧che
Noun edit
apache m (plural apachen or apaches)
- member of the (Parisian) underworld
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apache m (uncountable)
- Apache (language)
Noun edit
apache m (plural apaches)
- (historical, slang) Apache (gangster)
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis[1]:
- Près de moi, un apache chantait tout seul, la tête baissée. Je voyais dans sa manche, sur son poignet, la moitié d’un tatouage. Plus loin, une femme léchait ses doigts englués par une liqueur.
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Descendants edit
- → Romanian: apaș
Further reading edit
- “apache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Apaches (voyous) on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
apache m or f by sense (plural apaches)
- Apache (one of the native Apache people of the southwestern United States)
- Apache (a violent Parisian gangster during the late 19th century and early 20th century)
Noun edit
apache m (uncountable)
- Apache (Athabaskan language spoken by the Apache)
Adjective edit
apache m or f (plural apaches)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
apache m or f by sense (plural apaches)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
apache
- inflection of apachar:
Further reading edit
- “apache”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
References edit
- Schoenhals, Louise C. (1988) A Spanish - English Glossary of Mexican Flora and Fauna[2], Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 579