apache

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See also: Apache and apaché

English

Pronunciation

Noun

apache (plural apaches)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Apache, a Parisian gangster.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French apache.

Pronunciation

  • (Netherlands) IPA(key): /ˌaːˈpɑ.tʃə/
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  • Hyphenation: apa‧che

Noun

apache m (plural apachen or apaches)

  1. member of the (Parisian) underworld

French

Pronunciation

Noun

apache m (uncountable)

  1. Apache (language)

Noun

apache m (plural apaches)

  1. (historical, slang) Apache (gangster)
    • 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis‎:
      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

  • → Romanian: apaș

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -aʃi, (Portugal) -aʃɨ
  • Hyphenation: a‧pa‧che

Noun

apache m or f by sense (plural apaches)

  1. Apache (one of the native Apache people of the southwestern United States)
  2. Apache (a violent Parisian gangster during the late 19th century and early 20th century)

Noun

apache m (uncountable)

  1. Apache (Athabaskan language spoken by the Apache)

Adjective

apache m or f (plural apaches)

  1. Apache (of or relating to the Apache people and their culture)
  2. Apache (of or relating to the Apache language)

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈpat͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -atʃe
  • Syllabification: a‧pa‧che

Etymology 1

Noun

apache m or f by sense (plural apaches)

  1. Apache
  2. jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi)

Etymology 2

Verb

apache

  1. inflection of apachar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

References

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