app
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Shortening of application.
Noun edit
app (plural apps)
- (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
- (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.
- SCULLY: What are these chips used for?
- 1995, The X-Files (TV series), Nisei (episode)
- (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.”
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Etymology 2 edit
Shortening of appetizer.
Noun edit
app (plural apps)
- (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 edit
Shortening of appearance.
Noun edit
app (plural apps)
- (sports) An appearance in a game.
- That player has had ten apps this season.
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
app f (plural apps)
- app
- Synonyms: aplicació mòbil, apli
Further reading edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From English app, shortened from application.
Noun edit
app c (singular definite appen, plural indefinite apper or apps)
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References edit
- “app” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From English app. The senses pertaining to text messaging are influenced by the app name WhatsApp.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
app f or m (plural apps, diminutive appje n)
- an app
- Wat voor apps heb jij erop staan?
- What apps have you got on your phone?
- (Netherlands, typically in the diminutive) a text message sent using an app
- Stuur alsjeblieft even een appje zodra je veilig thuis bent.
- Please send a text as soon as you're home safe.
- (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.
Derived terms edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From English app, from application, from Latin applicātiō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
app f (genitive singular appar, plural appir)
Declension edit
Declension of app | ||||
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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 |
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Audio (file)
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app m (plural apps)
- Only used in bon app (“bon appétit”)
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Clipping of applikáció (“application”), from English application.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
app (plural appok)
- (computing) app, application
- Synonyms: alkalmazás, applikáció
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From English app, from application, from Latin applicātiō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
app n (genitive singular apps, nominative plural öpp)
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Further reading edit
- “app” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
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Etymology edit
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app f (invariable)
Ludian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *appi.
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app
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English app.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
app (Portugal) f or (Brazil) m (plural apps)
- (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)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English app (with gender by association with aplicación f).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
app f (plural apps)
- (computing) app
- Synonym: aplicación
- 2019 December 16, “Una app de citas descartará posibles parejas por su ADN”, in El País[1]:
- 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 edit
- 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.
- Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
- el app, un app
- They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
- In practice, this rule is often not followed and the form la app is widely used.
Swedish edit
Noun edit
app c
- (computing) an app (especially on mobile phones and the like, like in English)
- Synonym: applikation
Declension edit
Declension of app | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | app | appen | appar | apparna |
Genitive | apps | appens | appars | apparnas |
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Interjection edit
app
- 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 edit
Usually repeated.