apple

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
2. Any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing produced by a plant such as a gall or cone, especially if produced by a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc.
3. (obsolete,slang) Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.
4. (informal) Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.
5. Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.
6. Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.
7. The fruit of the tree of knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to modern Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.
8. A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.
9. The wood of the apple tree.
10. (slang) Short for apples and pears (“stairs”).
11. A Native American or redskinned person who acts or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.
12. (slang) An assist.
13. (slang) A CB radio enthusiast.
14. The surface of revolution of a circular arc of angle greater than 180° rotated about the straight line passing through the arc’s two endpoints.

Verb

1. To make or become apple-like.
2. (obsolete) To form buds, bulbs, or fruit.

Με παύλα ως

ap‧ple

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈæpəl/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

PIE word
*h₂ébōl
From Middle English appel, from Old English æppel (“apple, fruit in general, ball”), from Proto-West Germanic *applu, from Proto-Germanic *aplaz (“apple”) (compare Scots aipple, West Frisian apel, Dutch appel, German Apfel, Swedish äpple, Danish æble), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ébōl, *h₂ébl̥ (“apple”) (compare Welsh afal, Irish úll, Lithuanian óbuolỹs, Russian я́блоко (jábloko), possibly Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”)).