Apache en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /əˈpæ.t͡ʃi/
- ə-păch'ē
Etymology
From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name. The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation.
Meanings
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Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
Away up at the sources of the Gila, where the pines and cedars stand and where creeks and valleys are found, is a part of the Apache land.
1895, J[ohn] W[esley] Powell, chapter I, in Canyons of the Colorado, Meadville, PA: Flood & Vincent; republished as The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons, New York: Dover, 1961, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24:
- A person belonging to an Apache people.
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(historical) A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
But the brain, and the agility, and the muscles that had coped with the mighty strength and cruel craftiness of Terkoz and Numa in the fastness of their savage jungle were not to be so easily subdued as these apaches of Paris had believed.
1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “What Happened in the Rue Maule”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 35:“He had the big paper knife in his hand, and ‘Mind, Dorcas,’ he says, ‘you’ll have to be very respectful. This is my specially sharpened scimitar, and it’s off with your head if I’m at all displeased with you!’ Miss Cynthia, she was what they call an Apache, or some such name—a Frenchified sort of cut-throat, I take it to be. A real sight she looked. You’d never have believed a pretty young lady like that could have made herself into such a ruffian.”
1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 115:
- (qualifier:plural only "Apaches") AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| Apaches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Apache fiddle · apacheism · Apacheria · Apacheness · Apache County · Apache Junction
Relateds
Translations (108)
cmn 阿帕奇族 (Apache people) · de Apachen (Apache people) · tl Apatse (Apache people) · apw Dziłt’aadn (Apache person) · lkt Čhíŋčakiŋze (Apache people) · pl Apacze (Apache people) · eo apaĉo (Parisian gangster) · cmn 阿帕奇人 (Apache people) · apw Dziłghą́’é (Apache person) · eo apaĉoj (Apache people) · sk Apačka (Apache person) · apm Ndéndaa’ (Apache person) · sk apač (Parisian gangster) · fr Apaches (Apache people) · unm Tashiyok (Apache people) · apw Łį́nabaahé (Apache person) · fi apaššit (Apache people) · eo apaĉaro (Apache people) · hu apacs (Apache person) · de Apache (Apache person) · ru апа́чи (Apache person) · apw Ndee (Apache person) · ru апа́чи (Apache people) · fi apassit (Apache people) · eo apaĉo (Apache person) · da apache (Apache person) · el απάχης (Parisian gangster) · pt apaches (Apache people) · nv Dziłghą́ʼí (Apache person) · apm Chihende (Apache person) · pt apache (Apache person) · sk Apač (Apache person) · cs Apačové (Apache people) · ru апа́чи (Apache people) · gv Apashyn (Apache people) · pl Apaczka (Apache person) · apj Abáachii (Apache person) · nv Beehai (Apache person) · nv Tsétah chíshí (Lipan) (Apache person) · de Apatschen (Apache people) · es apache (Apache person) · nv Chíshí (Apache person) · apm Ndé’indaaú (Apache person) · apw Dziłghą’á (Apache person) · apm Chishende (Apache person) · twf xíwana (Apache people) · unm Tashi (Apache person) · apw ndé (Apache people) · apm Mashgalénde (Apache person) · de Apachin (Parisian gangster) · da apache (Apache people) · de Apache (Parisian gangster) · ru апа́ч (Apache person) · de Apatsche (Apache person) · da apache (Parisian gangster) · ca apatxe (Apache person) · apw Tsék’aadn (Apache person) · apm Tú’é’dinénde (Apache person) · pl Apacz (Apache person) · hu apacs (Apache people) · apm Mashgalén (Apache person) · apm Chúhéne (Apache person) · apw Łį́nabaahá (Apache person) · fr Apache (Apache person) · ga Apáitseach (Apache person) · de Apatschin (Apache person) · eo apaĉino (Parisian gangster) · gv brout (Parisian gangster) · nv Naashgalí (Mescalero) (Apache person) · apw Ha’i’ą́há (Apache person) · apw Mashgalé (Mescalero) (Apache person) · apm Tséghát’ahénde (Apache person) · sk Apači (Apache people) · gv Apash (Apache person) · el Απάτσι (Apache person) · apm Guułgahénde (Apache person) · apw Dilzhę́’é (Apache person) · apm Chidikáágu (Apache person) · ru апа́чка (Apache person) · fi apašši (Apache person) · apm Ch’uk’anende (Apache person) · pt apache (Parisian gangster) · eo apaĉino (Apache person) · de Apachin (Apache person) · fr apache (Parisian gangster) · tl Apatse (Apache person) · cs Apači (Apache people) · cs Apačka (Apache person) · apm Higaali (Apache person) · fo apassjari (Apache people) · apm Bínii édinénde (Apache person) · apm Niit’ahénde (Apache person) · ga Apáitseach (Apache people) · fo apassjari (Parisian gangster) · fo apassjari (Apache person) · fi apassi (Parisian gangster) · apm Ch’úúk’anén (Apache person) · sei hapats (Apache person) · fi apassi (Apache person) · twf xíwana (Apache person) · zun Wilats’u:kwe (Apache people) · apm Túntsande (Apache person) · cs Apač (Apache person) · apm Keeditłénde (Apache person) · apw Nnee (Apache person) · apm Shá’i’ánde (Apache person) · el Απάτσι (Apache people) · apw Hák’ą́yé (Apache person)