aper

== English == === Etymology === From ape +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeɪpɚ/ === Noun === aper (plural apers) Someone who apes something ==== Synonyms ==== imitator ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Earp, Pera, Rape, pare, pear, prae-, præ-, rape, reap == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German āber, from Old High German ābar (“sunny, warm, dry”), from ā- (“from, away”, prefix) + bar (“bare”), likely via a defunct verb *ābarēn, *ābarōn (“to lay bare, expose”). Alternatively, from a verb *āberan (“to not bear, not carry”). Sense likely influenced by unrelated Latin aprīcus due to superficial similarity of form and meaning. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈaːpər/, [ˈʔaː.pɐ] === Adjective === aper (strong nominative masculine singular aperer, comparative aperer or aprer, superlative am apersten) (Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) snowless Synonym: (general) schneefrei ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “aper” in Duden online “aper” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *apros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *eburaz, Proto-Slavic *veprь. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.pɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.per] === Noun === aper m (genitive aprī); second declension a wild boar (figuratively) a standard of the Roman legions ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Sardinian: apru Italian: apro === References === “aper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “aper”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “aper”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “aper”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray === Anagrams === pēra prae == Norwegian Bokmål == === Noun === aper m or f indefinite plural of ape === Verb === aper present of ape == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === apar === Noun === aper m or f indefinite feminine plural of ape