aper
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪpɚ/
Noun
aper (plural apers)
Synonyms
Translations
German
Etymology
From Middle High German āber, from Old High German ābar (“sunny, warm, dry”), from ā- (“from, away”, prefix) + bar (“bare”), likely via a defunct verb *ābarēn, *ābarōn (“to lay bare, expose”). Alternatively, from a verb *āberan (“to not bear, not carry”). Sense likely influenced by unrelated Latin aprīcus due to superficial similarity of form and meaning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːpər/, [ˈʔaː.pɐ]
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Adjective
aper (strong nominative masculine singular aperer, comparative aperer or aprer, superlative am apersten)
- (Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) snowless
- Synonym: (general) schneefrei
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Latin

Etymology
From Proto-Italic *apros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *eburaz, Proto-Slavic *veprь.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.per/, [ˈäpɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.per/, [ˈäːper]
Noun
aper m (genitive aprī); second declension
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Descendants
- Sardinian: apru
- Italian: apro
References
- “aper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “aper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- aper in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “aper”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “aper”, in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray