apple pie

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apple pie

  • /ˌæp.əlˈpaɪ/ UK, US
  • [ˌæp.ɫ̩ˈpaɪ] UK, US
  • /ˌæp.əlˈpɑɪ/ Australia
  • [ˌæp.ɫ̩ˈpɑɪ] Australia

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noun apple pies · apple-pie

  1. countable, uncountable A pie or tart made with a filling of cooked apples. The enticing, homey scent of apple pie wafted into the hallway as she beckoned them into her lair.
  2. countable, figuratively, uncountable Anything positive that is quintessentially American. […] what we've been waiting for so long: a positive but never Pollyanish play about gays leading lives which are neither some bizarre caricature taken from heterosexual fantasy nor even more nuclear and apple-pie normal than any straight lives anyone has ever heard of.
  3. UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable Any of various willowherbs.

verb apple pies · apple pieing · apple pied · apple-pie

  1. transitive Of a bed, to make an apple-pie bed.

    Similar: shortsheet

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noun pie with apple filling

Españoltarta de manzana
한국어애플파이 aepeulpai, 사과 파이 sagwa pai
日本語アップルパイ appurupai
中文蘋果派 /苹果派 píngguǒpài
Portuguêstorta de maçã
Françaistarte aux pommes
DeutschApfelkuchen
Italianotorta di mele
Русскийя́блочный пиро́г jábločnyj piróg
العربيةفطيرَة التفاح
עבריתפאי תפוחים

noun anything quintessentially American

Portuguêsamericanice, americanismo

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@misc{apple_pie_2026,
  title = {apple pie},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/apple%20pie},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}