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English
Etymology
From ape + -let.
Noun
apelet (plural apelets)
- (uncommon) A young ape.
- (uncommon) A small species of ape.
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Participle
apelet
- Early form of apelé; past participle of apeler
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
Verb
apelet
- Early form of apele; third-person singular present indicative of apeler
c. 1150, Turoldus, La Chanson de Roland, lines 14–17:Il en apelet e ses dux e ses cuntes: / «Oëz, seignurs, quel pecchet nus encumbret: / Li emperes 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. "