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Apple

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See also: apple and äpple

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From apple. As a surname, also an Americanized form of Appel or Apfel.[1]

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Apple (countable and uncountable, plural Apples)

  1. (with "the") A nickname for New York City, usually “the Big Apple”.
  2. (trademark) A company/corporation.
    1. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) The company Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, that produces computers and other digital devices, and sells and produces multimedia content.
    2. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) A multimedia corporation (Apple Corps) and record company (Apple Records) founded by the Beatles.
      • 2016 March 13, “Encryption”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 5, via HBO:
        Listen, Apple’s not perfect. You need proof? We made the Newton. We made that one Mac that looks like a toaster. We actually thought the Apple Watch was cool.
        Wait, this isn’t cool?
        Oh, fuck no.
        Shit!
        We put a YouTube album on your phones. You know, the one you’ve been struggling to delete. That thing keeps coming back, huh? And we can’t even make out battery last more than, like, a day!
  3. (rare, countable) A female given name from English.
  4. (countable) A surname.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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Apple (plural Apples)

  1. A computer produced by the company Apple Inc.

Statistics

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  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Apple is the 5,050th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6,948 individuals. Apple is most common among White (89.45%) individuals.

References

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  1. ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Apple”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 48.

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English apple.

Noun

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Apple

  1. a female given name

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Apple.

Chinese

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Etymology

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From English Apple.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Apple

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Apple (name of the company Apple Inc.)

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Apple.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Apple ?

  1. Apple (name of the company Apple Inc.)

References

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  1. ^ Apple in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Apple. Doublet of jabłko.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛpl/
  • Rhymes: -ɛpl
  • Syllabification: Apple

Proper noun

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Apple m inan

  1. Apple (company Apple Inc., formerly Apple Computer, that produces computers and other digital devices, and sells and produces multimedia content)

Declension

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Further reading

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Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English Apple.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɛ.pow/ [ˈɛ.poʊ̯], (usually proscribed, but common) /ˈej.pow/ [ˈeɪ̯.poʊ̯]

Proper noun

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Apple f

  1. Apple (name of the company Apple Inc.)

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Proper noun

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Apple

  1. Apple (name of the company Apple Inc.)