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apple en · NOUN

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  • /ˈapəl/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • /ˈæː.pɘl/ (India)
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  • [ˈɛpəl] ~ [ˈɛpl̩] (New-Zealand)
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  • /ˈɑː.pɘl/ (India)
  • [ˈapəl] ~ [ˈapl̩] (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • /ˈɛpəl/ (New-Zealand)
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  • [ˈæpəl] ~ [ˈæpl̩] (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈæpəl/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl Proto-Germanic *aplaz Proto-West Germanic *applu Old English æppel Middle English appel English apple The noun is derived from Middle English appel (“Malus domestica fruit or tree, apple; any type of fruit, nut, or tuber; tree bearing fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; (Christianity) forbidden fruit in Eden”), from Old English æppel (“apple; any type of fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; eyeball”), from Proto-West Germanic *applu (“apple; any type of fruit”), from Proto-Germanic *aplaz (“apple; any type of fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl, *h₂ébl̥ (“apple”). As regards noun sense 1.4 (“forbidden fruit”), the type of fruit eaten by Adam and Eve is not identified in the Book of Genesis in the Bible. It may have come to be identified with the apple because of the similarity between Latin mālum (“apple”) and malum (“evil; misery, torment; wrongdoing”). The inheritance from Germanic is clear, but the etymology of the word beyond that point is uncertain and disputed. The word may show a borrowing from a non-Indo-European language, or the forms in Germanic, Celtic, Baltic, and Slavonic may all be developed from a common Indo-European base—although none of the attempts to identify cognates in other branches of Indo-European have yet met with general acceptance. In Old English, the word originally followed the strong masculine u-stem declension, but even in early texts it shows a shift toward the more common a-stem declension (compare the nominative plural æppla beside the rare æpplas; see further A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §613). A possible weak by-form is also suggested by the genitive plural æpplena (instead of the expected æppla) in an isolated attestation from the first half of the 11th century. Among the variant forms, the β forms show metanalysis (see Metanalysis). The verb is derived from the noun. cognates Cognate with: * Old Frisian appel, Middle Dutch appel (Dutch appel), Old Saxon appul (Middle Low German appel), Old High German apful, aphul, aphel, apfel (Middle High German apfel, German Apfel), * Old Norse epli (Icelandic epli, Faroese epli, Norwegian Bokmål eple, Norwegian Nynorsk eple, Swedish äpple, Danish æble), * Elfdalian epple, Jamtish eppel, Scanian æple, * Crimean Gothic apel, * Gaulish avallo, aballo- (perhaps > Latin acerabulus), * Old Irish abal, ubal, ubul (Irish úll), * Old Welsh afall, afal (Welsh afal, afall), * Old Prussian woble, wobalne, * Lithuanian obelis, obuolys, * Latvian ābele, ābols, ābolis, * Old Church Slavonic jablanĭ, * Old East Slavic jabolon′, jablŭko (Russian яблоня (jablonja), яблоко (jabloko)), * Old Polish jabłoń, jabłko (Polish jabłoń, jabłko). Possibly also Latin Abella (town in Campania; compare Virgil Aeneid 7.740 maliferae ... moenia Abellae 'the walls of apple-bearing Abella').

Meanings

  1. A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ The fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating.
    • VVhat of my droſs thou findeſt there, be bold / To throvv avvay, but yet preserve the Gold. / VVhat if my Gold be vvrapped up in Ore? / None throvvs avvay the Apple for the Core. 1678, John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress from This World, to That which is to Come: […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Ponder […], →OCLC, page 233:
    • Instead of the assembly of honourable merchants, substantial tradesmen, and knowing masters of ships; the mumpers, the halt, the blind, and the lame; your venders of trash, apples, plums; your ragamuffins, rakeshames, and wenches; have justled the greater number of the former out of that place. 1712 October 24 (Gregorian calendar), [Richard Steele], “MONDAY, October 14, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 509; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC, page 501:
    • Close by and under cover, I watched the juicing process. Apples were washed, then tipped, stalks and all, into the crusher and reduced to pulp. 2013 October 28, John Vallins, “Apples of Concord”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2023:
    • [T]hey [i.e., writers] aſſigne and lay to India, the countrey of the Aſpagores, ſo plentifull in vines, laurels, and box, and generally of all ſorts of apple trees and other fruitfull trees that grovv vvithin Greece. 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book VI.] The Arij, and Other Nations Depending unto Them.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 128:
    • This red seems to me the perfect premonition of summer—like the red on the outside of apple blossom—and later, the red of the apple. It is the premonition in redness of summer and of autumn. a. 1931 (date written), D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “[Nature and Poetical Pieces.] Flowery Tuscany.”, in Edward D[avid] McDonald, editor, Phoenix: The Posthumous Papers of D. H. Lawrence, London: William Heinemann, published 1936, →OCLC, section III, page 52:
    • All apples eaten ſoone after yͭ they be gathered, are cold, hard to digeſt, and do make ill and corrupted bloud, but being wel kept vntill yͤ next winter, or the year folowing, eatẽ [eaten] after meales, they are right holeſome, & doe confyrme the ſtomacke, & make good digeſtion, ſpecially if they be roſted or baked, […] 153[9], Thomas Elyot, “Of Apples”, in The Castel of Helth […], London: […] Thomæ Bertheleti […], →OCLC, book II, folio 21, recto:
    • I have so often heard Mr. Woodhouse recommend a baked apple. I believe it is the only way that Mr. Woodhouse thinks the fruit thoroughly wholesome. We have apple dumplings, however, very often. Patty makes an excellent apple-dumpling. 1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Emma: […], volume I, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, pages 184–185:
  2. A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ Often with a qualifying word: any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing (such as a cone or gall) produced by a plant, especially if from a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1).
    • The "apple" or gall usually forms a somewhat kidney-shaped excrescence, attached by a small base on the concave side, and varying in size from a half an inch to an inch and a half in length. 1889, B. D. Halstead, “Report of the Section of Vegetable Pathology [9.—Apple Rusts.]”, in Report of the Commissioner of Agriculture. 1888, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 376:
    • As touching Arabia, vvhich lyeth neere and bordereth upon theſe Iſlands, the ſpices and odoriferous fruits that be therein, are to be treated of vvith diſtinction: for their merchandiſe doth conſiſt of roots, braunches, barke, juice or liquor, gums and roſins, vvood, tvvigs, flovvers, leaves, and apple. 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XI.] The Trees of the Iland Tyles within the Persian Sea. Moreover, of Those Trees that Beare Woll or Cotton..”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 364:
    • [I]t [Otaheite] is remarkable for producing great quantities of that delicious fruit we called apples, which are found in none of the others, except Eimeo. 1784, James Cook, chapter IX, in A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. […], volume II, London: […] W[illiam] and A. Strahan; for G[eorge] Nicol, […]; and T[homas] Cadell, […], →OCLC, book III (Transactions at Otaheite, and the Society Islands; and Prosecution of the Voyage to the Coast of North America), page 174:
    • [T]he fly injects her juices into the oak leaf to raiſe an apple for hatching her young and therein ſupplies us vvith ink for our correſpondence and improvement. 1768, Edward Search [pseudonym; Abraham Tucker], “External Nature”, in The Light of Nature Pursued, volume II, part I (Theology), London: […] T. Jones, […]; and sold by T[homas] Payne, […], →OCLC, paragraph 13, page 302:
    • Hippomane mancinella. (Manchineel-tree.) Dr. Peysonnel relates that a soldier, who was a slave with the Turks, eat some of the apples of this tree, and was soon seized with a swelling and pain of the abdomen. 1825, Theodric Romeyn Beck, William Dunlop, Elements of Medical Jurisprudence. […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Anderson, […], →OCLC, page 565:
    • In Perſia there grovvs a deadly tree, vvhoſe apples are poiſon, and preſent death: therefore there it is uſed for a puniſhment: but being brought over to the Kings into Egypt, they become vvholeſome apples to eat, and loſe their harmfulneſſe, as Columella vvrites. 1658, John Baptista Porta [i.e., Giambattista della Porta], “That the Countries and Places where Simples Grow, are Chiefly to be Considered”, in [anonymous], transl., Natural Magick […] Wherein are Set Forth All the Riches and Delights of the Natural Sciences, London: […] John Wright, […], published 1669, →OCLC, 1st book (Wherein are Searched Out the Causes of Things which Produce Wonderful Effects), page 21:
    • The cross-bill will have seeds from the apple, or cone of the fir—the green-finch, seeds from the uplands, or door of barn, or rickyard. 1829, [John Leonard Knapp], The Journal of a Naturalist, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, pages 250–251:
    • One kind of apple or gall, inhabited only by one grub, is hard and woody on the outside, resembling a little wooden ball, of a yellowish color, but internally it is of a soft, spongy texture. 1833, Charles Williams, “The Aged Tree”, in The Vegetable World, London: Frederick Westley and A[braham] H[opkins] Davis, […], →OCLC, page 192:
    • custard apple    rose apple    thorn apple
    • The fruite or Apples of Palme-trees (eſpecially ſuch as grovv in ſalt grounds neare the Sea ſides, as in Cyrene of Affrica, and Indea, and not in Egypt, Cyprus, Syria, Helvetia, and Aſsiria do fatten and feed Hogges. 1607, Conradus Gesnerus [i.e., Conrad Gessner]; Edward Topsell, chapter IX, in The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes. […], London: […] William Iaggard, →OCLC, page 666:
    • This apple is called in high Dutch, Zyꝛbel [Zyrbel]: in low Dutch, Pijn appel: in Engliſh, Pine apple, Clogge, and Cone. […] The vvhole Cone or apple being boiled vvith freſh Horehound, ſaith Galen, and aftervvards boyled againe vvith a little hony till the decoction be come to the thicknes of hony, maketh an excellent medicine for the clenſing of the cheſt and lungs. 1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of the Pine Tree”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book III, page 1174:
    • The apples wherewith the Indian Canibales inueneme theyr arrowes, growe on certeyne trees couered with many braunches and leaues beinge very greene and growyng thicke. They are laden with abundaunce of theſe euyll frutes, […] 1555, Gonzalus Ferdinandus Ouiedus [i.e., Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés], “[The Historie of the Weste Indies]. Of Venemous Apples wherwith They Poyson Theyr Arrowes.”, in Peter Martyr of Angleria [i.e., Peter Martyr d’Anghiera], translated by Rycharde Eden [i.e., Richard Eden], The Decades of the Newe Worlde or West India, […], London: […] [Rycharde Jug for] Guilhelmi Powell, →OCLC, decade, folio 198, verso:
  3. A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour.
    • Andy picked up his two grenades and followed the line into the pits. The apples felt strangely heavy in his hands, and when he looked at them one was as ugly and lethal-looking as the other. 1956, Marion Hargrove, The Girl He Left Behind: Or, All Quiet in the Third Platoon, New York, N.Y.: Viking Books, →OCLC, page 129:
    • Contrary to Henricus Martellus [Germanus], [Martin] Behaim included the tropics [on his globe]. […] Evidently, there was no space for a Fourth Continent on Behaim's apple, although some recollection of the Catalan map seems to lie behind the shape of southern Africa. 2008, Harald Kleinschmidt, Ruling the Waves: Emperor Maximilian I, the Search for Islands and the Transformation of the European World Picture c. 1500 (Bibliotheca Humanistica & Reformatorica; 63), ’t Goy, Houten, Utrecht: Hes & de Graaf Publishers, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 79:
    • A peasant blouse that showed the tops of those lovely little apples. 1975, C[harles] W[illiam] Smith, chapter IX, in Country Music, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 256:
    • [T]he ſaid elector of Saxony ſhall have on his right the count-palatine of the Rhine, vvho ſhall carry the globe or imperial apple; and, on his left, the marquis of Brandenburg carrying the ſcepter. 1761, “Of the Order of the Procession of the Electoral Princes, and of Those who are to Carry the Honorary Ensigns”, in The Modern Part of an Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time. […], volume XXX, London: […] S[amuel] Richardson, […], →OCLC, page 508:
    • [H]old a round ball or hollovv apple of glaſſe full of vvater againſt the Sunne, it vvill be ſo hot, that it is ready to burne any cloth that it toucheth. 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXXVI.] The First Invention of Glasse, and the Manner of Making It. Of a Kind of Glasse, Called Obsidianum. Also of Sundrie Kinds of Glasse, and Those of Manie Formes..”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 598:
    • [S]hrugging up her Shoulders, to ſhevv the tempting Apples of her vvhite Breaſts, ſhe ſuddainly lets them ſink again, to hide them, bluſhing, as if this had been done by chance, […] 1705, J. S., “The Ways and Artifices of a Town-jilt, &c.”, in City and Country Recreation: Or, Wit and Merriment Rightly Calculated, for the Pleasure and Advantage of Either Sex. […], London: […] W. O. for P. Parker, […], →OCLC, 2nd part, page 104:
    • The arms of Upland were a golden apple, or globe, surrounded with a belt, in allusion to the monarchy. 1807, Sharon Turner, “The Political State of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, in the Eighth Century”, in The History of the Anglo-Saxons. […], 2nd edition, volume I, London: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, […], →OCLC, book III, footnote 20, page 200, column 2:
  4. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour. ▸ Ellipsis of Adam's apple (“the lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence”).
    • The sweat of fear and exertion was streaming down his face and chest, and his breath came in short, tearing, hard-drawn gasps and gulps, while the apple in his throat leaped up and down ceaselessly like a ball balanced on a dancing jet of water. 1898, Hugh [Charles] Clifford, “In Arcadia”, in Studies in Brown Humanity: Being Scrawls and Smudges in Sepia, White, and Yellow, London: Grant Richards […], →OCLC, page 99:
    • The apple in his neck was hitting against his collar every time he drew breath and he tore at his collar nervously. a. 1985 (date written), Liam O’Flaherty, “Josephine”, in A[ngeline] A. Kelly, editor, The Collected Stories, volume 1, New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, published 1999, →ISBN, page 131:
    • He looked with vague hope up and down the quay, a big apple bulging in his neck. 1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 10: Wandering Rocks]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 234:
    • If the Hound had not been moving, the knife might have cored the apple of his throat; instead it only grazed his ribs, and wound up quivering in the wall near the door. He laughed then, a laugh as cold and hollow as if it had come from the bottom of a deep well. 2000 August 8, George R[aymond] R[ichard] Martin, “”, in A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire; 3), London: Voyager, →ISBN, page 846:
    • The apple in his neck bobbles as he gulps. “You've got to be kidding.” / “No, I'm not. Your inheritance amounts to maybe three hundred thousand dollars." 2003, Sandra Benítez, Night of the Radishes, New York, N.Y.: Hyperion, →ISBN, page 223:
    • Elsie went away with her parents to Belgium and the convent-school on the twelfth, and as they left The Firs in the battered station cab surrounded by boxes and trunks, Willie could not speak. The apple in his throat rose and remained there. 1920 December – 1921 September (date written), Henry Williamson, “Formation of the Owl Club”, in Dandelion Days, London; Glasgow: W[illiam] Collins Sons & Co., published 1922, →OCLC, pages 113–114:
  5. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour. ▸ Ellipsis of apple-green (“a bright green colour with a light tint of yellow, like that of a Granny Smith apple”).
  6. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, historical) A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour. ▸ Ellipsis of apple of the eye (“the pupil, or pupil and iris, of the eye, originally believed to be spherical; also, the eyeball”).
    • The dart did vndergore / His eye-lid, by his eyes deare rootes; and out the apple fell, / The eye pierc'd through: […] [1611?], Homer, “The XIV. Booke of Homers Iliads”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC, pages 197–198:
    • None have their eies all of one colour: for the ball or apple in the middeſt is ordinarily of another colour than the vvhite about it. 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XI.] A Discourse Anatomicall, of the Nature of Living Creatures, Part by Part, according to Their Particular Members.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 1st tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 334:
  7. (informal) A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour. ▸ The round, fleshy part of a cheek between the eye and the corner of the mouth when a person is smiling.
  8. A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour. ▸ The surface of revolution of a circular arc of an angle greater than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc's two endpoints.
  9. A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour. ▸ In full apple bowl: a round bowl of a tobacco pipe; also, a tobacco pipe with such a bowl.
  10. (obsolete, slang) A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour. ▸ In full old apple: a baseball.
    • Hey Dad! What do you say we toss the old apple around, huh? Sound like fun? 1990 February 25, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Sam Simon, “The Telltale Head”, in The Simpsons, season 1, episode 8:
  11. A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ According to postbiblical Christian tradition, the fruit of the tree of knowledge which was eaten by Adam and Eve despite God commanding them not to do so; the forbidden fruit.
    • Yes, of all human follies, love, / Methinks, hath served me best. / The Apple had done but little for me / If Eve had not done the rest. 1829, Robert Southey, “All for Love, or A Sinner Well Saved. Canto II.”, in All for Love; and The Pilgrim to Compostela, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 20:
    • I read and re-read her letter, and some softened feelings stole into my heart, and dared to whisper paradisiacal dreams of love and joy; but the apple was already eaten, and the angel's arm bared to drive me from all hope. 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter V, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 102:
    • Yes, fair Eve, just as Adam ate the apple, so beware! 1871, Harriet Beecher Stowe, “Congratulations, etc.”, in My Wife and I: Or, Harry Henderson’s History, New York, N.Y.: J. B. Ford and Company, →OCLC, page 399:
    • Sharon you've got a husband / And a family and a farm / I've got the apple of temptation / And a diamond snake around my arm 1976, Joni Mitchell, “Song for Sharon”, in Hejira, Los Angeles, Calif.: Asylum Records, →OCLC:
    • Him [man] by fraud I [Satan] have ſeduc'd / From his Creator, and the more to increaſe / Your vvonder, vvith an Apple; […] 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC, signature [Ll4], recto, lines 485–487:
    • Yes mam. Woman ate the apple, and discovered sex, and lost all shame, and lift^([sic]) up her fig-leaf, and she must suffer the pains of hell. Monthly. 1975 (date written), Barry Reckord, “White Witch”, in For the Reckord: A Collection of Three Plays, London: Oberon Books, published 2010, →ISBN:
  12. (obsolete) A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ Synonym of pome (“a type of fruit in which the often edible flesh arises from the swollen base of the flower and not from the carpels”).
  13. (Internet, humorous) A common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus. ▸ An imaginary diminutive unit of height.
    • He's only three apples tall
  14. A tree of the genus Malus; especially Malus domestica which is cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.
    • Trees that beare Maſt, and Nuts, are commonly more laſting, than thoſe that beare Fruits; Eſpecially the Moiſter Fruits: As Oakes, Beeches, Cheſ-nuts, VVall-nuts, Almonds, Pine-Trees, &c. laſt longer than Apples, Peares, Plums, &c. 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VI. Century. [Experiments in Consort, Touching the Lasting of Herbs and Trees.]”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC, paragraph 584, page 146:
    • Some fruit trees, like plums, do well in damp soil conditions. Other fruit trees, like apples, need well-drained soil. 2012, Terri Reid, “Starting an Orchard”, in The Everything Guide to Living Off the Grid: A Back-to-basics Manual for Independent Living (Everything Series), Avon, Mass.: Adams Media, F+W Media, →ISBN, page 77:
    • If the grafted portion of an Apple or other tree were examined after one hundred years, the old cut surfaces would still be present, for mature or ripened wood, being dead, never unites. 1913, “The Science of Plant Growing”, in John Weathers, editor, Commercial Gardening […], volume I, London: The Gresham Publishing Company […], →OCLC, §4 (The Root and Its Work), page 38:
    • This allows a weak plant to benefit from the strong roots of another, or a vigorous tree (such as an apple) to be kept small by growing on 'dwarfing rootstock'. 2000, Peter Thomas, “The Next Generation: New Trees from Old”, in Trees: Their Natural History, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 227:
    • Used to be apple orchards, used to be the river and irrigation ditches that watered the apples, used to be mining towns. 2009, Sid Gardner, The Faults of the Owens Valley, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 34:
  15. Synonym of applewood (“the wood of the apple tree”).
  16. (qualifier:otherwise obsolete) A fruit of any kind.
  17. (broadly, often, slang, with qualifying word) A person.
    • Pop delighted in calling his grandson Blenheim; it was such a nice round apple of a name. ‘Well, how’s Charley boy? And how’s my little apple?’ 1963, H.E. Bates, Oh! To Be in England, page 20:
    • “Take it easy with Thompson, Eddie,” he said lazily. “He’s a good apple but he’s mighty tough to go pushing around. He’s had a lot of bad luck lately.” 1948 April, John C. Ropke, “You Can’t Stay On Top”, in Masked Rider Western, page 64:
    • “I saw a little guy with a can opener fooling around that gum machine,” was the reply. “And then?” asked McGonigle. “I can’t say,” replied the poor apple. 1928, S.J. Perelman, “Phantoms of the Dawn”, in That Old gang o' Mine: The Early and Essential S.J. Perelman, published 1984, page 43:
  18. (broadly, qualifier:amateur radio, slang) Synonym of CBer (“a CB radio enthusiast”).
    • Because of overcrowding, many a CB enthusiast (called an "apple") is strapping an illegal linear amplifier ("boots") on to his transceiver ("ears") which is limited by the Federal Communications Commission ("Big Daddy" in the US) to an output power of no more than five watts. 1977, Bernard Dixon, editor, New Scientist, volume 74, London: IPC Magazines, page 764, column 1:
  19. (broadly, slang) An assist.
  20. (US, broadly, derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur) A Native American or redskinned person who acts or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.
    • The presenter, close to tears, told the audience that she's really an apple—white on the inside and red on the outside—Native American. 1998, Opal J. Moore, “‘From the Back of the Bus to the Back of the National Priority List’: The Civil Rights Movement, Integration, and beyond [Git that Gal a Red Dress: A Conversation Between Female Faculty at a State School in Virginia]”, in Daryl Cumber Dance, editor, Honey, Hush! An Anthology of African American Women’s Humor, New York, N.Y.: W[illiam] W[arder] Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 537:
    • My ancestors five generations removed were "apples" who were "White" on the inside and "Red" on the outside. […] We need a new breed of "apples." 1996, Joel Spring, “From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Ford: The End of the Choctaw Republic”, in The Cultural Transformation of A Native American Family and Its Tribe 1763–1995: A Basket of Apples, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, published 2011, →DOI, →ISBN, part II (The Choctaw Republic and Its People):

Forms

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apples Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

coconut · banana · Oreo · Twinkie · lemon

Deriveds

Siberian crab apple · vi-apple · apple grease · apple crumble · sure as God made little apples · common thorn apple · apples · appley · Baldwin apple · bake-apple · Sodom apple · apple clearwing moth · apple of the eye · apple-cheeked · apple rust mite · Criterion apple · Malay apple · applerita · horseapple · apple liqueur · emu apple Kunzea pomifera · green apple aphid · apple cider vinegar · sugar apple · apples and oranges · apple canker · apple of Grenada · apple-domed · apple brandy · there's a rotten apple in every barrel · thorn apple · Nittany apple · applehead · African custard apple · candied apple · apple up · wood apple · apple-polisher · cockatoo apple · star apple · apple-woman · apple jelly · apple root aphid · apple moth · one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch · apple of one's eye · potato-apple · balsam apple · median apple · applecart · apple pie · apple of somebody's eye · the Big Apple · wise apple · apple aphid · apple groundling · toffee apple · Peruvian apple cactus · apple fruit weevil · bone apple tea · apple-box · hog apple · horse apple · apple-scented mint · apple of Adam · antiapple · apple of someone's eye · apple geranium · sweet apple · mamey apple · Java apple · apple dandy · thorn-apple crystal · devil's apple · appleberry · apple bud weevil · wine apple · bone apple teeth · applemint · apple drops · apple maggot · a bad tree does not yield good apples · apple brown tortrix · apple-drone · sage-apple · sea apple · apple of love · mayapple · Appletise · applehood · elephant apple · apple wine · apple rose · apple dumpling · black apple · apple grain aphid · kangaroo apple · apple-plum · wise-apple · apple domain · applelike · desert thorn-apple · mountain apple · apple-scoop · acid of apples · stocking-apple · appled · apple-gum · apple-wife · tar apple · Indian apple · apple-corer · apple pip · cashew apple · chess-apple · light brown apple moth · applebush · apple fruit rhynchites · hedge apple · table apple · apple snail · apple cider · kei-apple · apple mint · apple leaf miner · apple of Sodom · winter apple · Apple Isle · apple-berry · Jamaican apple · woolly apple aphid · apple-polish · earth-apple · McIntosh apple · Appleyard · bakeapple · apple borer · apple aphis · Westbury apple · beach apple · Apple Gifting Day · papple · Dead-Sea apple · rotten apple · apple nut · pineapple · Apple Valley · apple strudel · Punic apple · apple-mush · apple small ermine moth · apple blight · gopher apple · Newton's apple · apple-polishing · compare apples with apples · potato apple · vine apple · apple-cart · Bragi's apples · monkey apple tree · Persian apple · apple ice wine · apple-cheese · monkey apple · oak apple · appleade · apple-oil · apple-grey · apple scab · mulga apple · apple cart · apple-bearing · apple tree · apple dumpling shop · apple bud and leaf mite · apple fries · prickly custard apple · apple orchard · apple fritter · love apple · apple schnapps · Appleton · poison apple · cedar apple · blade apple · sugar-apple · how do you like them apples · apple bee · apple-green · gallapple · apple-bug · lady apple · stone apple · apple-snail · apple rust · mammee apple · bad apple · apple-drane · English as apple pie · apple-fallow · apple-like · applecrab · hogapple · Owenia spp · apple jelly nodules · hedgeapple · apple-shaped · pond apple · kai apple · apple Punic · John-apple · water apple · apple summer disease · the Little Apple · alley apple · Adam's apple · Jamaica apple · apple jacks · applemonger · the apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest · an apple a day keeps the doctor at bay · apple of Peru · applewoman · fountain apple moss · June-apple · applesauce · apple-garth · apple bumblebee · apple potato bread · pink fir apple · wolf apple · appleseed · taffy apple · apple-moss · apple of discord · compare apples to apples · how about them apples · bite at the apple · apple-pear · rose apple · bell apple · golden apple · how's them apples · Chinese crab apple · candy apple · apple-slump · apple fly · pitch apple · apples with apples · apple-knocker · wild balsam apple · apple-peeler · applegrower · snow apple · wild custard apple · Manchurian crab apple · apple red · apple bush · snap apple · apple bobbing · bob for apples · desert thorn apple · cranapple · apple-water · apple-bee · apple martini · baking apple · zombi apple · apple-catchers · apple twig-cutter · there are bad apples in every orchard · the apple doesn't fall far from the tree · for sour apples · apple leaf midge · apple cake · an apple a day keeps the doctor away · apple scoop · apples to apples · apple juice · May apple · Otaheite apple · possum apple · apple green · apple sauce · apple-peru · apple sawfly · as sure as God made little apples · apple's queen · red apple · apple cheese · apple weevil · queen apple · a rotten apple spoils the barrel · apple doll · apple-jack · mandrake apple · soda apple · apple-monger · street apple · grapple · prairie apple · apple turnover · sorb apple · ice apple · mix apples and oranges · mad apple · apple pear · apple core · ghost apple · apple box · sheld-apple · apple head · apple-moth · bite of the apple · cocky apple · wax apple · apple polisher · apple pandowdy · apple charlotte · Apples of the Hesperides · apple snow · apple mango · apple-dowdy · nonapple · Appletiser · apple butter · American as apple pie · soap apple · an apple a day · apple blossom · polish the apple · applejack · caramel apple · tropical soda apple · road apple · apple honey · egg apple · apple wedger · apples and pears · apple-john · snow-apple · one bad apple can spoil the barrel · appleless · apple banana · Apple · apple bud moth · sea-apple · apples to oranges · bush apple · apple sucker · Micah Rood's apples · earthapple · apple worm · apples of gold · Apple River · apple blossom weevil · apple-faced · apple crook · applejohn · appleish · appletini · sorb-apple · seven-year apple · swamp apple · apple-grass aphid · applewort · alligator apple · rosey apple aphid · apple berry · apple-yard · baked-apple · she'll be apples · Apple Wassail · apple-pomice · applanche · cherpumple · Jew's apple · eye-apple · Macoun apple · apple midge · balm apple · worm in the apple · apple seed · cider-apple · applelicious · bitter apple · coconut apple · rosy apple aphid · applewood · Osage apple · custard apple · apples-to-oranges · she's apples · Kei apple · apple-crook · apple sourpuss · Dead Sea apple · pear-apple · apple moss · apple-squire · apple shell · apple pygmy moth · apple-headed · apple-eating · cedar-apple rust

Descendants

abōļ · แอปเปิล · apra · ஆப்பிள் · aples · apo · apol · apu · apol · আপেল · apel · ఆపిల్ · yapolo · ആപ്പിൾ · 'apu · apole · ཨེ་པཱལ · ápos · äpyli · 'erplers · ඇපල් · ꠀꠄꠚꠟ · epal · aapul · āporo · އާފަލު · আপেল

Hypernyms

pome · pome · pome · pome · fruit · hand fruit · fruit · fruit · hand fruit · pome · fruit · fruit · pome · pome · pome · fruit · hand fruit · hand fruit · pome · pome · hand fruit · fruit · fruit · fruit · hand fruit · pome · pome · pome · fruit · hand fruit · fruit · hand fruit · hand fruit · hand fruit · hand fruit · hand fruit · hand fruit · fruit · fruit

Hyponyms

eating apple (fruit of the genus Malus) · crab apple (fruit of the genus Malus) · dessert apple (fruit of the genus Malus) · cherry apple (fruit of the genus Malus) · crabapple (fruit of the genus Malus) · wine apple (fruit of the genus Malus) · wild apple (fruit of the genus Malus) · cooking apple (fruit of the genus Malus)

Relateds

malic

Synonyms

CBer · pome · malus · applewood

Translations (393)

ml ആപ്പിൾ (fruit of Malus domestica) · yur ˀɹplɹs (fruit of Malus domestica) · tet masán (fruit of Malus domestica) · ota الما (fruit of Malus domestica) · mi āporo (fruit of Malus domestica) · ms apel (fruit of Malus domestica) · li appel (fruit of Malus domestica) · wuu 蘋果 /苹果 (fruit of Malus domestica) · izh ouna (fruit of Malus domestica) · zh 蘋果 /苹果 (fruit of Malus domestica) · be я́блык (fruit of Malus domestica) · sv äpple (fruit of Malus domestica) · udm улмо (fruit of Malus domestica) · bn সেব (fruit of Malus domestica) · st apole (fruit of Malus domestica) · xdq гьи́нце (fruit of Malus domestica) · ta ஆப்பிள் (fruit of Malus domestica) · esu atsarpak (fruit of Malus domestica) · bi apol (fruit of Malus domestica) · fkv äpyli (fruit of Malus domestica) · klj sîb (fruit of Malus domestica) · frr ååpel (fruit of Malus domestica) · akk 𒄑𒈢 (fruit of Malus domestica) · win kšee (fruit of Malus domestica) · lez ич (fruit of Malus domestica) · ja 苹果 (fruit of Malus domestica) · tkl apu (fruit of Malus domestica) · koi яблӧк (fruit of Malus domestica) · gug guavirana'a (fruit of Malus domestica) · chy má'xeme (fruit of Malus domestica) · tg себ (fruit of Malus domestica) · mga uball (fruit of Malus domestica) · aii ܚܲܒܘܼܫܵܐ (fruit of Malus domestica) · arq تَفَّاح (fruit of Malus domestica) · mn ᠠᠯᠮᠤᠷᠠᠳ (fruit of Malus domestica) · az alma (fruit of Malus domestica) · pap apel (fruit of Malus domestica) · sga ubull (fruit of Malus domestica) · fa سیب (fruit of Malus domestica) · sdh سێف (fruit of Malus domestica) · sc mela (fruit of Malus domestica) · rhg sép (fruit of Malus domestica) · cu аблъко (fruit of Malus domestica) · syl ꠀꠄꠚꠟ (fruit of Malus domestica) · ami lingko (fruit of Malus domestica) · xme-ott سیو (fruit of Malus domestica) · te ఆపిల్ (fruit of Malus domestica) · kmr sêv (fruit of Malus domestica) · oc poma (fruit of Malus domestica) · udm яблок (fruit of Malus domestica) · sk jablko (fruit of Malus domestica) · fy apel (fruit of Malus domestica) · rm mail (fruit of Malus domestica) · hsn 蘋果 /苹果 (fruit of Malus domestica) · br avaloù (fruit of Malus domestica) · se ehpel (fruit of Malus domestica) · moh sewahyowane (fruit of Malus domestica) · uz olma (fruit of Malus domestica) · zza ša (fruit of Malus domestica) · he תַּפּוּחַ (fruit of Malus domestica) · vec pomo (fruit of Malus domestica) · dar гӏинц (fruit of Malus domestica) · kum алма (fruit of Malus domestica) · scn pumu (fruit of Malus domestica) · klj alımla (fruit of Malus domestica) · myv умарь (fruit of Malus domestica) · da æble (fruit of Malus domestica) · la mālum (fruit of Malus domestica) · vi táo tây (fruit of Malus domestica) · hsb jabłuko (fruit of Malus domestica) · mnp 蘋果 /苹果 (fruit of Malus domestica) · fa سیب (fruit of Malus domestica) · sah дьаабылака (fruit of Malus domestica) · ast mazana (fruit of Malus domestica) · cop ϫⲉⲙⲫⲉϩ (fruit of Malus domestica) · ckb سێو (fruit of Malus domestica) · bdk йеч (fruit of Malus domestica) · sh jȁbuka (fruit of Malus domestica) · tli x'áax' (fruit of Malus domestica) · de Öpfel (fruit of Malus domestica) · fi omena (fruit of Malus domestica) · el μᾶλον (fruit of Malus domestica) · so tufaax (fruit of Malus domestica) · rgn méla (fruit of Malus domestica) · sh ја̏бука (fruit of Malus domestica) · et ubin (fruit of Malus domestica) · af appel (fruit of Malus domestica) · yo ápù (fruit of Malus domestica) · ar تفّاحة (fruit of Malus domestica) · jam apl (fruit of Malus domestica) · gl boullo (fruit of Malus domestica) · ks ژوٗنٛٹھ (fruit of Malus domestica) · jv apel (fruit of Malus domestica) · bo ཀུ་ཤུ (fruit of Malus domestica) · chr ᏒᎦᏔ (fruit of Malus domestica) · lb Apel (fruit of Malus domestica) · enm appel (fruit of Malus domestica) · iba ipul (fruit of Malus domestica) · hi सेब (fruit of Malus domestica) · ar تُفَّاحَة (fruit of Malus domestica) · de Àpfel (fruit of Malus domestica) · gl mazá (fruit of Malus domestica) · ady мые (fruit of Malus domestica) · nrf paomme (fruit of Malus domestica) · ja 林檎 (fruit of Malus domestica) · gug yva (fruit of Malus domestica) · nwy quaharrag (fruit of Malus domestica) · ko 사과 (fruit of Malus domestica) · rar ‘āpara (fruit of Malus domestica) · ml സേവം (fruit of Malus domestica) · kbd мыӏэрысэ (fruit of Malus domestica) · cdo 蘋果 /苹果 (fruit of Malus domestica) · sva უ̂ისგ (fruit of Malus domestica) · ar تُفَّاح (fruit of Malus domestica) · gmw-cfr Appel (fruit of Malus domestica) · za makbinzgoj (fruit of Malus domestica) · arq تَفَّاحَة (fruit of Malus domestica) · lo ໝາກໂປມ (fruit of Malus domestica) · tt алма (fruit of Malus domestica) · gu સફરજન (fruit of Malus domestica) · stq Appel (fruit of Malus domestica) · unm apëlìsh (fruit of Malus domestica) · ne स्याऊ (fruit of Malus domestica) · qu mansana (fruit of Malus domestica) · udi еъшӏ (fruit of Malus domestica) · ti ሜለ (fruit of Malus domestica) · roa-tar mulèdde (fruit of Malus domestica) · izh omena (fruit of Malus domestica) · mn алим (fruit of Malus domestica) · it mela (fruit of Malus domestica) · lo ຫມາກປົ່ມ (fruit of Malus domestica) · rup mer (fruit of Malus domestica) · frr aapel (fruit of Malus domestica) · new स्याउ (fruit of Malus domestica) · nah manzana (fruit of Malus domestica) · my ပန်းသီး (fruit of Malus domestica) · eo pomo (fruit of Malus domestica) · prg wābli (fruit of Malus domestica) · vo apod (fruit of Malus domestica) · nap méla (fruit of Malus domestica) · ilo mansanas (fruit of Malus domestica) · fj yapolo (fruit of Malus domestica) · pt maçã (fruit of Malus domestica) · to 'apele (fruit of Malus domestica) · gu એપલ (fruit of Malus domestica) · ug ئالما (fruit of Malus domestica) · war mansanas (fruit of Malus domestica) · tk alma (fruit of Malus domestica) · wa peme (fruit of Malus domestica) · xsv vobale (fruit of Malus domestica) · kn ಸೇಬು (fruit of Malus domestica) · hif aapul (fruit of Malus domestica) · ale yaavlukax̂ (fruit of Malus domestica) · de Apfel (fruit of Malus domestica) · ja リンゴ (fruit of Malus domestica) · pa ਸੇਬ (fruit of Malus domestica) · ca poma (fruit of Malus domestica) · bn আপেল (fruit of Malus domestica) · tr tüffah (fruit of Malus domestica) · pl jabłko (fruit of Malus domestica) · lv ābols (fruit of Malus domestica) · wym epuł (fruit of Malus domestica) · de Epfe (fruit of Malus domestica) · ceb mansanas (fruit of Malus domestica) · wo pom (fruit of Malus domestica) · sq mollë (fruit of Malus domestica) · frr Oapel (fruit of Malus domestica) · sco aiple (fruit of Malus domestica) · sw tofaa (fruit of Malus domestica) · akz takkólchoba (fruit of Malus domestica) · eu sagar (fruit of Malus domestica) · rom phabaj (fruit of Malus domestica) · yai себ (fruit of Malus domestica) · id apel (fruit of Malus domestica) · zdj pomu (fruit of Malus domestica) · fi hedelmä (anything produced by a plant, especially if from a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica) · es manzana (fruit of Malus domestica) · mg paoma (fruit of Malus domestica) · as আপেল (fruit of Malus domestica) · vo pod (fruit of Malus domestica) · bcl mansanas (fruit of Malus domestica) · mdf марь (fruit of Malus domestica) · av гӏеч (fruit of Malus domestica) · ur سیب (fruit of Malus domestica) · gan 蘋果 /苹果 (fruit of Malus domestica) · ty 'āpara (fruit of Malus domestica) · ta பழம் (anything produced by a plant, especially if from a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica) · xsr ཤའུ (fruit of Malus domestica) · zun mansana (fruit of Malus domestica) · alt алама (fruit of Malus domestica) · fur mêl (fruit of Malus domestica) · sva უ̂ისკუ̂ (fruit of Malus domestica) · ofs appel (fruit of Malus domestica) · fo súrepli (fruit of Malus domestica) · ar تفّاحة (fruit of Malus domestica) · hy խնձոր (fruit of Malus domestica) · fi pyöreä pesä (round bowl of a tobacco pipe; tobacco pipe with such a bowl) · egl pùm (fruit of Malus domestica) · mnc ᡦᡳᠩᡤᡠ (fruit of Malus domestica) · zza saye (diq) (fruit of Malus domestica) · br aval (fruit of Malus domestica) · fi poskipää (round, fleshy part of a cheek) · vro upin (fruit of Malus domestica) · om poomii (fruit of Malus domestica) · ce ӏаж (fruit of Malus domestica) · xal альмн (fruit of Malus domestica) · pms pom (fruit of Malus domestica) · ttt сиб (fruit of Malus domestica) · pdt Aupel (fruit of Malus domestica) · sl jabolko (fruit of Malus domestica) · nap mìlo (fruit of Malus domestica) · fo epli (fruit of Malus domestica) · tl mansanas (fruit of Malus domestica) · kw aval (fruit of Malus domestica) · ro măr (fruit of Malus domestica) · nl appel (fruit of Malus domestica) · liv umārz (fruit of Malus domestica) · et õun (fruit of Malus domestica) · bg я́бълка (fruit of Malus domestica) · nds Appel (fruit of Malus domestica) · ba алма (fruit of Malus domestica) · roa-ole maçana (fruit of Malus domestica) · cy afal (fruit of Malus domestica) · yua chak pakʼáal (fruit of Malus domestica) · sah яблоко (fruit of Malus domestica) · ang æppel (fruit of Malus domestica) · inh ӏаж (fruit of Malus domestica) · goh apful (fruit of Malus domestica) · ky алма (fruit of Malus domestica) · nn eple (fruit of Malus domestica) · mel ipul (fruit of Malus domestica) · el μήλο (fruit of Malus domestica) · uli harfad (fruit of Malus domestica) · alt алма (fruit of Malus domestica) · crs ponm (fruit of Malus domestica) · za makbingzgoj (fruit of Malus domestica) · si ඇපල් (fruit of Malus domestica) · tly sef (fruit of Malus domestica) · is epli (fruit of Malus domestica) · scn puma (fruit of Malus domestica) · bla áípasstaamiinaamm (fruit of Malus domestica) · ta அரத்தி (fruit of Malus domestica) · hak 林檎 (fruit of Malus domestica) · abq чӏва (fruit of Malus domestica) · ltg uobeļs (fruit of Malus domestica) · grc μῆλον (fruit of Malus domestica) · iu ᑭᒻᒥᓇᐅᔭᖅ (fruit of Malus domestica) · pa سیب (fruit of Malus domestica) · bal سوپ (fruit of Malus domestica) · ta குமளி (fruit of Malus domestica) · mhn epfl (fruit of Malus domestica) · ts vundzu (fruit of Malus domestica) · yue 蘋果 /苹果 (fruit of Malus domestica) · te కాయ (fruit of Malus domestica) · sms jabll (fruit of Malus domestica) · csb jabko (fruit of Malus domestica) · rsk яблуко (fruit of Malus domestica) · bua яблока (fruit of Malus domestica) · jje 사과 (fruit of Malus domestica) · cu ⰰⰱⰾⱏⰽⱁ (fruit of Malus domestica) · th แอปเปิล (fruit of Malus domestica) · zh 蘋果 /苹果 (fruit of Malus domestica) · fr pomme (fruit of Malus domestica) · zh 瓜果 (fruit of Malus domestica) · rue ябко (fruit of Malus domestica) · sva უ̂ისგუ̂ (fruit of Malus domestica) · mr सफरचंद (fruit of Malus domestica) · fi omena (something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica) · zu ihhabhula (fruit of Malus domestica) · mwl maçana (fruit of Malus domestica) · cv улма (fruit of Malus domestica) · sva უსგუ̂ (fruit of Malus domestica) · bdr ipol (fruit of Malus domestica) · bnn pingku (fruit of Malus domestica) · uk я́блуко (fruit of Malus domestica) · sco aipple (fruit of Malus domestica) · nb eple (fruit of Malus domestica) · avd سیب (fruit of Malus domestica) · sa सेवि (fruit of Malus domestica) · pnh āpara (fruit of Malus domestica) · kaa alma (fruit of Malus domestica) · zh 林檎 (fruit of Malus domestica) · yi עפּל (fruit of Malus domestica) · abe aples (fruit of Malus domestica) · os фӕткъуы (fruit of Malus domestica) · bh सेव (fruit of Malus domestica) · ab аҵәа (fruit of Malus domestica) · mt tuffieħa (fruit of Malus domestica) · mrw mansanas (fruit of Malus domestica) · mfe pom (fruit of Malus domestica) · xh iapile (fruit of Malus domestica) · lij mei (fruit of Malus domestica) · ru я́блоко (fruit of Malus domestica) · trv ringgo (fruit of Malus domestica) · mn алмарад (fruit of Malus domestica) · zh гуәзы (fruit of Malus domestica) · nrf poume (fruit of Malus domestica) · tsu heesi (fruit of Malus domestica) · ckv linggu (fruit of Malus domestica) · es poma (fruit of Malus domestica) · non epli (fruit of Malus domestica) · ady мыӏэрыс (fruit of Malus domestica) · ti ቱፋሕ (fruit of Malus domestica) · uga 𐎚𐎔𐎈 (fruit of Malus domestica) · bbl ჴორ (fruit of Malus domestica) · nrf pomme (fruit of Malus domestica) · aqc аӏнш (fruit of Malus domestica) · trv supaw (fruit of Malus domestica) · pwn cada' (fruit of Malus domestica) · su apel (fruit of Malus domestica) · mk јаболко (fruit of Malus domestica) · nv bilasáana (fruit of Malus domestica) · fur miluç (fruit of Malus domestica) · kl iipili (fruit of Malus domestica) · fi omena (geometry: surface of revolution) · mrc kwes'ul'ul (fruit of Malus domestica) · or ସେଓ (fruit of Malus domestica) · sd صُوفُ (fruit of Malus domestica) · pox jobťü (fruit of Malus domestica) · mnc ᡦᡳᠩᡤᡠᡵᡳ (fruit of Malus domestica) · am ፖም (fruit of Malus domestica) · nog алма (fruit of Malus domestica) · mn ᠠᠯᠢᠮ᠎ᠠ (fruit of Malus domestica) · gd ubhal (fruit of Malus domestica) · xmf უშქური (fruit of Malus domestica) · lki سێف (fruit of Malus domestica) · ml കുമളിപ്പഴം (fruit of Malus domestica) · tzm ⵜⵜⴼⴼⴰⵃ (fruit of Malus domestica) · ve apula (fruit of Malus domestica) · krc алма (fruit of Malus domestica) · vi bôm (fruit of Malus domestica) · it pomo (fruit of Malus domestica) · ms tufah (fruit of Malus domestica) · dsb jabłuko (fruit of Malus domestica) · es mela (fruit of Malus domestica) · cs jablko (fruit of Malus domestica) · ttt sib (fruit of Malus domestica) · ia pomo (fruit of Malus domestica) · io pomo (fruit of Malus domestica) · dtp apol (fruit of Malus domestica) · oj mishiimin (fruit of Malus domestica) · ar تفّاح (fruit of Malus domestica) · ovd eppel (fruit of Malus domestica) · sm 'apu (fruit of Malus domestica) · tly سیف (fruit of Malus domestica) · myv сад умарь (fruit of Malus domestica) · ht pòm (fruit of Malus domestica) · pa ਸਿਓ (fruit of Malus domestica) · haw ʻāhia (fruit of Malus domestica) · cjy 蘋果 /苹果 (fruit of Malus domestica) · ar تُفَّاحة (fruit of Malus domestica) · arc ܚܙܘܪܐ (fruit of Malus domestica) · krl juablukku (fruit of Malus domestica) · lmo pomm (fruit of Malus domestica) · vi bom (fruit of Malus domestica) · rw pome (fruit of Malus domestica) · vi táo (fruit of Malus domestica) · ar تفّاح (fruit of Malus domestica) · lt obuolys (fruit of Malus domestica) · kk алма (fruit of Malus domestica) · dz ཨེ་པཱལ (fruit of Malus domestica) · km ប៉ុម (fruit of Malus domestica) · tab вич (fruit of Malus domestica) · gl poma (fruit of Malus domestica) · ne स्याउ (fruit of Malus domestica) · egy d:p-H-W-M1-N33C:Z2ss (fruit of Malus domestica) · egl pàm (fruit of Malus domestica) · hu alma (fruit of Malus domestica) · hrx Eppel (fruit of Malus domestica) · ga úll (fruit of Malus domestica) · ain リンゴ (fruit of Malus domestica) · apw masáána (fruit of Malus domestica) · tr elma (fruit of Malus domestica) · nrf pum (fruit of Malus domestica) · ps مڼه (fruit of Malus domestica) · crh alma (fruit of Malus domestica) · an mazana (fruit of Malus domestica) · pcd peimme (fruit of Malus domestica) · gag alma (fruit of Malus domestica) · mdf мар (fruit of Malus domestica) · mhr олма (fruit of Malus domestica) · khb ᦖᦱᧅᦘᦲᧃᧉᦷᦅ (fruit of Malus domestica) · lad mansana (fruit of Malus domestica) · orv ꙗблъко (fruit of Malus domestica) · ota سیب (fruit of Malus domestica) · gv ooyl (fruit of Malus domestica) · lbe гьивч (fruit of Malus domestica) · rcf pom (fruit of Malus domestica) · izh puuomena (fruit of Malus domestica) · mh abōļ (fruit of Malus domestica) · ms epal (fruit of Malus domestica) · dv އާފަލު (fruit of Malus domestica) · ka ვაშლი (fruit of Malus domestica)

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Pronunciation

  • (General-American) audio
  • /ˈapəl/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • /ˈæː.pɘl/ (India)
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  • [ˈɛpəl] ~ [ˈɛpl̩] (New-Zealand)
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  • /ˈɑː.pɘl/ (India)
  • [ˈapəl] ~ [ˈapl̩] (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • /ˈɛpəl/ (New-Zealand)
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  • [ˈæpəl] ~ [ˈæpl̩] (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈæpəl/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl Proto-Germanic *aplaz Proto-West Germanic *applu Old English æppel Middle English appel English apple The noun is derived from Middle English appel (“Malus domestica fruit or tree, apple; any type of fruit, nut, or tuber; tree bearing fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; (Christianity) forbidden fruit in Eden”), from Old English æppel (“apple; any type of fruit; (figurative) ball, sphere; eyeball”), from Proto-West Germanic *applu (“apple; any type of fruit”), from Proto-Germanic *aplaz (“apple; any type of fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl, *h₂ébl̥ (“apple”). As regards noun sense 1.4 (“forbidden fruit”), the type of fruit eaten by Adam and Eve is not identified in the Book of Genesis in the Bible. It may have come to be identified with the apple because of the similarity between Latin mālum (“apple”) and malum (“evil; misery, torment; wrongdoing”). The inheritance from Germanic is clear, but the etymology of the word beyond that point is uncertain and disputed. The word may show a borrowing from a non-Indo-European language, or the forms in Germanic, Celtic, Baltic, and Slavonic may all be developed from a common Indo-European base—although none of the attempts to identify cognates in other branches of Indo-European have yet met with general acceptance. In Old English, the word originally followed the strong masculine u-stem declension, but even in early texts it shows a shift toward the more common a-stem declension (compare the nominative plural æppla beside the rare æpplas; see further A. Campbell Old Eng. Gram. (1959) §613). A possible weak by-form is also suggested by the genitive plural æpplena (instead of the expected æppla) in an isolated attestation from the first half of the 11th century. Among the variant forms, the β forms show metanalysis (see Metanalysis). The verb is derived from the noun. cognates Cognate with: * Old Frisian appel, Middle Dutch appel (Dutch appel), Old Saxon appul (Middle Low German appel), Old High German apful, aphul, aphel, apfel (Middle High German apfel, German Apfel), * Old Norse epli (Icelandic epli, Faroese epli, Norwegian Bokmål eple, Norwegian Nynorsk eple, Swedish äpple, Danish æble), * Elfdalian epple, Jamtish eppel, Scanian æple, * Crimean Gothic apel, * Gaulish avallo, aballo- (perhaps > Latin acerabulus), * Old Irish abal, ubal, ubul (Irish úll), * Old Welsh afall, afal (Welsh afal, afall), * Old Prussian woble, wobalne, * Lithuanian obelis, obuolys, * Latvian ābele, ābols, ābolis, * Old Church Slavonic jablanĭ, * Old East Slavic jabolon′, jablŭko (Russian яблоня (jablonja), яблоко (jabloko)), * Old Polish jabłoń, jabłko (Polish jabłoń, jabłko). Possibly also Latin Abella (town in Campania; compare Virgil Aeneid 7.740 maliferae ... moenia Abellae 'the walls of apple-bearing Abella').

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make (something) appear like an apple (noun sense 1.1).
    • A large smile appled his full cheeks as the four sprytes eagerly served themselves from the seeds and thinly sliced fruits. 2007, Claudia D. Newcorn, chapter 4, in Crossover (Chronicles of Feyree; scroll 1), [United States]: Theogony Books, published 2021, →ISBN, page 35:
    • To choose responsibly, our active citizen must know what is being offered, much of this knowledge being filtered through appearance: things must look what they are supposed to be. Apples must look like applies. One might say they have to be appled-up; varieties are selected for marketing which have the most apple-like qualities. 1992, Marilyn Strathern, “Enterprising Kinship: Consumer Choice and the New Reproductive Technologies”, in Reproducing the Future: Essays on Anthropology, Kinship and the New Reproductive Technologies, Manchester: Manchester University Press, →ISBN, part I, page 38:
  2. (intransitive) To become like an apple.
    • She smiled, and her cheeks appled up and her teeth were big and flat and her mouth was wide and spacious like an open invitation. 2011, Cynthia Robinson, chapter 10, in The Barbary Dogs (A Thomas Dunne Book), New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, St. Martin’s Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 57:
    • He glanced at me, his cheeks appled in the impish grin I was learning to recognise as the clever under-side of his broad and gentle smile. 2003, Gregory David Roberts, chapter 1, in Shantaram, London: Hachette Digital, published 2012, →ISBN, part 1:
  3. (UK, dialectal, intransitive, rare) To collect fir-cones.
  4. (dialectal, intransitive, qualifier:obsolete except UK) Of a flower bud or vegetable (especially a root vegetable): to grow into the shape of an apple.
    • Some, however, recommend that the seed collected from a few turnips thus transplanted, should be preserved and sown in drills, in order to raise plants for see for the general crop, drawing out all such as are weak and improper, leaving only those that are strong and which take the lead; and that when these have appled or formed bulbs, to again take out such as do not appear good and perfect, as by this means turnip seed may be procured, not only of a more vigorous nature, but which is capable of vegetating with less moisture and which produces stronger and more hardy plants. 1807, Thomas Potts, “TURNIPS”, in The British Farmer’s Cyclopædia; or, Complete Agricultural Dictionary; […], London: […] W. Flint, […], for Scatcherd and Letterman, […], and M. Jones, […], →OCLC, column 2:
    • To Pome or Apple, is ſaid of the Heads of Artichokes vvhen they grovv round, and full ſhaped as an Apple. It is ſaid alſo of Lettuce, &c. [1693, John Evelyn, “The Dictionary. An Explication of the Terms of Gard’ning, in an Alphabetical Order. To Pome or Apple.”, in De La Quintinye [i.e., Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie], translated by John Evelyn, The Compleat Gard’ner; or, Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-gardens; […], London: […] Matthew Gillyflower, […], and James Partridge, […], →OCLC, column 1:
    • You may novv ſovv upon moderate hot-beds, a fevv of the ſmall ſalad ſeeds, ſuch as VVhite Muſtard, Rape, Creſſes, and Cabbage Lettuces, and you may also ſovv upon other hot-beds, not to be drawn until they are pretty large and vvell appled, Radiſhes and Turnips, obſerving to ſovv them very thin, that the plants may have room to ſvvell and grovv; […] 1759, James Justice, “November”, in The British Gardener’s Calendar, […], Edinburgh: […] R. Fleming, →OCLC, page 307:
    • The cabbage turnep is of tvvo kinds; one apples above ground, and the other in it. 1798, Charles Marshall, “Section XV. Of Esculents.”, in An Introduction to the Knowledge and Practice of Gardening, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Rider, for F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 251:
    • As for Scolymus [possibly type of artichoke?], it differeth from the reſt of theſe Thiſtles herein, That the root, if it be ſodden, it is good to be eaten: beſides, it hath a ſtraunge nature, for all the ſort of them during the Summer throughout, never reſt and give over, but either they floure, or they apple, or els be readie to bring foorth fruit: […] 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXI.] Of Carduus, and Ixine: Of Tribulus and Anchusa.”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 98:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
appling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
appled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
appled Tense=Past lexicographic
apples Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

appleing · appling

Translations (4)

fi poimia käpyjä (to collect fir-cones) · fi kasvaa omenan muotoiseksi (of a flower bud or vegetable: to grow into the shape of an apple) · fi muuttua omenan näköiseksi ((transitive) to make (something) appear like an apple; (intransitive) to become like an apple) · fi muuttaa omenan näköiseksi ((transitive) to make (something) appear like an apple; (intransitive) to become like an apple)

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