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App¹
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German App.
proper noun Apps
- A surname from German.
App²
noun
- Abbreviation of appeals
App³
app⁴
- /æp/ Australia, Canada, UK
- [æʔp̚] US
- /ap/ British, Northern England, Scotland
- /ɛp/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -æp
noun apps
- An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device. A visual tool can be thought of as a graphics app that generates most of your program's GUI code for you
- application (use, purpose; not a computer program) 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.
- application (to a college etc.) “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.”
app⁵
- /æp/ Australia, Canada, UK
- [æʔp̚] US
- /ap/ British, Northern England, Scotland
- /ɛp/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -æp
Where it comes from
Shortening of appetizer.
noun apps
- appetizer The food is some of Breck's best: apps like sweet potato gnocchi with smoked chicken and sage cream[…]
app⁶
- /æp/ Australia, Canada, UK
- [æʔp̚] US
- /ap/ British, Northern England, Scotland
- /ɛp/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -æp
Where it comes from
Shortening of appearance.
noun apps
- An appearance in a game. That player has had ten apps this season.
APP⁷
noun APPs
- Alternative form of app World Cup to live on APP in China China's Central Television, jointly with the digital firm of Ali Cloud, Tuesday released the unique APP product that is authorized to broadcast the World Cup live. Besides TV and web, APP on mobile devices has become the 3rd platform to watch the tournament live.
APP⁸
Where it comes from
Abbreviation.
noun APPs
- Initialism of acute-phase protein
- Initialism of amyloid precursor protein
- Initialism of ammonium polyphosphate
- Initialism of authorized push payment
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: apps, pap, pakistani, bcp, apa, appx, nph, pdb, apas, cpc, apt, apartment, authority, ccp, paa, psa
Translations
Every language
noun small computer application
| Español | apli, app (ap) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 앱 aep, 애플리케이션 aepeullikeisyeon, 모바일 앱 mobail aep |
| 日本語 | アプリ apuri, アプリケーション apurikēshon |
| 中文 | 應用 /应用 yìngyòng, APP |
| हिन्दी | ऐप aip |
| Português | app, aplicativo, aplicativo móvel, aplicação, aplicação móvel |
| Français | appli, application, programme |
| Deutsch | App |
| Italiano | app, applicazione, programma |
| Ελληνικά | εφαρμογή efarmogí |
| Română | app, aplicație |
| Русский | приложе́ние priložénije, програ́ммка prográmmka, прикладна́я програ́мма prikladnája prográmma, програ́мма prográmma, програ́ммное приложе́ние prográmmnoje priložénije, апп app |
| Tiếng Việt | ứng dụng |
| العربية | تَطْبِيق taṭbīq |
| עברית | יישום \ יִשּׂוּם yisúm, אַפְּלִיקַצְיָה aplikátsya, תׇּכְנָה tokhná |
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@misc{app_2026,
title = {app},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/app},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
