English

Noun

App pl ‎(plural only)

1. Abbreviation of appeals.

Anagrams

• pap, PAP

German

Etymology

Borrowing from English app.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛp/
• Hyphenation: App
• Rhymes: -ɛp

Noun

App f ‎(genitive App, plural Apps, diminutive Äppchen n or Äpplein n)

1. (Internet, mobile) app

Declension

Synonyms

• Applikation f

Hyponyms

• Mobile App
• Silverlight-App

Derived terms

• Appentwickler m
• Appentwicklerin f
• Appentwicklung f

English

Noun

app ‎(plural apps)

1. (computing, mobile telephony) An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
   • 2016 February 14, Maximum PC, volume 4:

     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, 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, 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

2. (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 […]

3. (military) application (not a computer program)
4. (sports) an appearance in a game (e.g., a player with 10 apps in a season played 10 times)

Hyponyms

Related terms

• app service

Translations

Anagrams

• pap, PAP

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Faroese

Etymology

From English app, from application, from Latin applicātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʰpː/

  Rhymes: -aʰpː

Noun

app f (genitive singular appar, plural appir)

1. (computing) app (for a mobile device)

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

From English app, shortening of application.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒpː]
• Hyphenation: app

Noun

app ‎(plural appok)

1. (computing) app, application

Declension

Synyonms

• alkalmazás, applikáció

Icelandic

Etymology

From English app, from application, from Latin applicātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ahp/

  Rhymes: -ahp

Noun

app n ‎(genitive singular apps, nominative plural öpp)

1. (computing) app (for a mobile device)

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Reduction of English application or Portuguese aplicação.

Noun

app f or m (in variation) (plural apps)

1. (computing) app (small computer application)
   • 2015, Peter Thiel, De Zero a Um, Leya (ISBN 9789892331034)

     A realização de pequenas melhorias relativamente a algo que já existe poderá leválo 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 ...

Synonyms

• (app): aplicação, aplicativo (Brazil)

Spanish

Etymology

From English app.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈap]

Noun

app f ‎(plural apps)

1. (computing) app

Usage notes

• The feminine noun app is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el app

• However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Synonyms

• aplicación f