different between app vs alp

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æp/
• (US) IPA^(key): [?æ?p?]
• Hyphenation: app
• Rhymes: -æp

Etymology 1

Shortening of application.

Noun

app (plural apps)

1. (computing, mobile telephony) An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
2. (military) application (use, purpose; not a computer program)
   • 1995, The X-Files (TV series), Nisei (episode)

     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.

3. (education, informal) application (to a college etc.)

Hyponyms

Related terms

• app service

Translations

Etymology 2

Shortening of appetizer.

Noun

app (plural apps)

1. (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 […]

   • 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 […]

Etymology 3

Shortening of appearance.

Noun

app (plural apps)

1. (sports) an appearance in a game (e.g., a player with 10 apps in a season played 10 times)

See also

• Appendix:American Dialect Society words of the year

Anagrams

• PAP, PPA, pap

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English app.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ap/

Noun

app f (plural apps)

1. app

   Synonyms: aplicació mòbil, apli

Further reading

• “app” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2021.

Danish

Etymology

From English app, shortened from application.

Noun

app c (singular definite appen, plural indefinite apper or apps)

1. (computing) app

Synonyms

• applikation
• mobilapp

Derived terms

• appudvikler
• mobilapp

Declension

References

• “app” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From English app. The sense message sent using an app is influenced by the app name WhatsApp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p/
• Hyphenation: app
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

app f or m (plural apps, diminutive appje n)

1. an app

2. (typically in the diminutive) a text message sent using an app

Derived terms

• appen
• appgroep
• groepsapp

Faroese

Etymology

From English app, from application, from Latin applic?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?p?/

  Rhymes: -a?p?

Noun

app f (genitive singular appar, plural appir)

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

Declension

Hungarian

Etymology

Clipping of applikáció (“application”), from English application.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??p?]
• Hyphenation: app
• Rhymes: -?p?

Noun

app (plural appok)

1. (computing) app, application

   Synonyms: alkalmazás, applikáció

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

From English app, from application, from Latin applic?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ahp/

  Rhymes: -ahp

Noun

app n (genitive singular apps, nominative plural öpp)

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

Declension

Synonyms

• smáforrit

Italian

Noun

app f (invariable)

1. app

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *appi.

Noun

app

1. father-in-law

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English app or a clipping of aplicação / aplicativo.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [??.pi]

Noun

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

1. (computing) app (small computer application)

   Synonyms: aplicação, (Brazil) aplicativo

Further reading

• “app” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From English app.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ap/, [?ap]

Noun

app f (plural apps)

1. (computing) app

   Synonym: aplicación

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, even one that begins with a stressed a sound such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.
• In practice, this rule is often not followed and the form la app is widely used.

English

Etymology

Back-formation from alps pl, from Latin alpes (“high mountains, especially those of Switzerland”), of Celtic or Germanic origin (compare Old Saxon elbon (“Alps”), Old High German Alp?n (“Alps”); Old High German alba (“alp, mountain”)), probably from Proto-Indo-European *alb?ós (“white”).

Noun

alp (plural alps)

1. A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• APL, LPA, PAL, PLA, Pal, Pla, lap, pal

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Alp (superseded)

Etymology

Back-formation from Alpen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lp/
• Hyphenation: alp
• Rhymes: -?lp

Noun

alp m (plural alpen, diminutive alpje n)

1. alp, (very) high mountain

Related terms

• alm

French

Phrase

alp

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) à la prochaine

Irish

Etymology 1

Compare English alp.

Noun

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

1. alp (high mountain)

Declension

Related terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

alp (present analytic alpann, future analytic alpfaidh, verbal noun alpadh, past participle alptha)

1. (transitive) devour, swallow whole
2. (transitive) grab

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 3

Noun

alp f (genitive singular ailpe, nominative plural ailpeanna)

1. Alternative form of ailp (“lump, chunk; knob”)

Declension

Etymology 4

Noun

alp m (genitive singular ailp, nominative plural alpa)

1. Alternative form of earc (“lizard; reptile”)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

• "alp" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “alp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “alp” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “alp” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Middle High German

Alternative forms

• (elf, spirit): alb

Etymology

From Old High German alp (13th century), from Proto-Germanic *albiz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *alb?ós.

Noun

alp m (plural elbe or elber)

1. elf
2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy
3. nightmare (later meaning)

Descendants

• German: Alb

References

• Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• ailp

Etymology

Possibly from Old Irish alp (“lump, loose mass”).

Noun

alp f (genitive singular ailp, plural alpa)

1. protuberance, eminence
2. mountain

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “alp”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swedish

Etymology

From French Alpes (“Alps”)

Noun

alp c

1. alp; a mountain in the Alps

Declension

Related terms

• Alperna

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Turkish

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *?lp (“difficult, hard; warrior, hero, brave; giant, landlord”). Cognate with Old Turkic ????????? (l¹p /alp/).

Adjective

alp (comparative daha alp, superlative en alp)

1. brave, hero

References

• Ni?anyan, Sevan (2002–) , “alp”, in Ni?anyan Sözlük
• Sergei Starostin, Vladimir Dybo, Oleg Mudrak (2003), Etymological Dictionary of the Altaic Languages, Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers (Etymology: *?lp)