English edit

Etymology edit

From ape +‎ -let.

Noun edit

apelet (plural apelets)

  1. (uncommon) A young ape.
  2. (uncommon) A small species of ape.

Anagrams edit

Old French edit

Etymology 1 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

  • (early) IPA(key): /apəˈlæθ/

Participle edit

apelet

  1. Early form of apelé; past participle of apeler

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

  • (early) IPA(key): /aˈpɛləθ/

Verb edit

apelet

  1. Early form of apele; third-person singular present indicative of apeler
    • c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland[1], lines 14–17:
      Il en apelet e ses dux e ses cuntes: / «Oëz, seignurs, quel pecchet nus encumbret: / Li emper[er]es Carles de France dulce / En cest païs nos est venuz cunfundre. [] »
      He summons there his dukes and his earls, "Listen, sirs, what a calamity overwhelms us: the emperor Charles of sweet France, he came in this country to destroy us. [] "