apron

English

A woman holding holly in her apron.

Alternative forms

• napron (obsolete)

Etymology

Rebracketing of napron (a napron → an apron), from Middle English naperoun, napron, apron, from Old French napperon, diminutive of nappe (“tablecloth”), from Latin mappa (“napkin”). For other similar cases of rebracketing, see adder, daffodil, newt, nickname, orange, trickle, umpire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.pɹən/

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• (obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.pəɹn/^[1]
• Rhymes: -eɪpɹən

Noun

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Wikipedia

apron (plural aprons)

1. An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
2. The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
3. A hard surface bordering a structure or area.
   1. (aviation) The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal.
   2. The spreading end of a driveway.
   3. The paved area below the yellow line on a racetrack.
   4. The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station or marine terminal.
   5. The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
   6. (pinball) A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
4. (architecture) A raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet.
5. The sides of a tree's canopy.
6. The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
7. A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.

Derived terms

• aproned
• aproneer
• apron flashing
• apronful
• apronless
• apronlike
• apron sink
• apron skirt
• apron string
• balloon apron
• beaproned
• butcher's apron
• green apron
• Hottentot apron
• khoikhoi apron
• naked apron
• unaproned

 

Translations

clothing

Afrikaans: voorskoot, skort Albanian: përparëse (sq) f Arabic: مِرْيَلَة f (miryala), مِئْزَر m (miʔzar), وِزْرَة f (wizra) Egyptian Arabic: مريلة f (maryala) Hijazi Arabic: مِرْيَلة f (miryala) Armenian: գոգնոց (hy) (gognocʻ) Azerbaijani: önlük Bashkir: алъяпҡыс (alʺyapqıs) Belarusian: фа́ртух m (fártux) Breton: tavañjer (br) f Bulgarian: прести́лка f (prestílka) Catalan: davantal (ca) m Cherokee: ᎠᏤᏌᏙ (atsesado) Chinese: Cantonese: 圍裙 / 围裙 (wai4 kwan4-2) Dungan: вичүнзы (vičünzɨ) Eastern Min: 圍身裙 / 围身裙 (ùi-sĭng-gùng) Hakka: 圍身裙 / 围身裙 (vì-sṳ̂n-khiùn) Hokkien: 圍身裙 / 围身裙 (ûi-sin-kûn), e-pú-lóng Mandarin: 圍裙 / 围裙 (zh) (wéiqún) Northern Min: 圍身裙 / 围身裙 (ṳ̌-séng-gê̤ng) Wu: 飯單 / 饭单 (6ve-te), 圍身頭 / 围身头 (6yu-sen-deu), 圍身 / 围身 (6yu-sen) Czech: zástěra (cs) f Danish: forklæde (da) n Dutch: schort (nl) n Esperanto: antaŭtuko Estonian: põll Faroese: fyriklæði n, svinta f Finnish: esiliina (fi), essu (fi) (colloquial) French: tablier (fr) m Galician: mantelo m, sabelo m, cinguideiro m Georgian: წინსაფარი (ka) (c̣insapari) German: Schürze (de) f Alemannic German: Fürschüübe f Greek: ποδιά (el) f (podiá) Hebrew: סִינָר (he) m (sinár) Hindi: तहबन्द (hi) (tahband), एप्रन m (epran) Hungarian: kötény (hu) Icelandic: svunta (is) f Ido: avantalo (io) Ilocano: bidang Indonesian: celemek (id) Ingrian: fartukki Irish: naprún m, bairbéal m Italian: grembiule (it) m Japanese: エプロン (ja) (epuron), 前掛け (まえかけ, maekake), 前垂れ (まえだれ, maedare) Kabuverdianu: bata Kalmyk: заппу (zappu) Kazakh: фартук (fartuk), алжапқыш (aljapqyş), алжапғыш (aljapğyş) Korean: 앞치마 (ko) (apchima) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بەروانکە (berwanke) Northern Kurdish: bervank (ku) f, berdang (ku) m Kyrgyz: алжапкыч (ky) (aljapkıc), фартук (fartuk) Ladino: prostela f, podya f (Balkan) Lao: ຜ້າກັນເປື້ອນ (phā kan pư̄an) Latin: subligāculum n, (worn by priests at sacrifices) līmus m Latvian: priekšauts m Lithuanian: prijuostė f Macedonian: престилка f (prestilka), скутник m (skutnik), фута f (futa), скута f (skuta), скутача f (skutača), скутела f (skutela), скутина f (skutina), скутница f (skutnica) Maori: heipene Middle English: naperoun Mongolian: хормогч (mn) (xormogč) Navajo: atéél siłtsoozí Norman: d'vanté m (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: forkle (no) n Nynorsk: forkle n, forklede n Persian: پیش بند (fa) (piš band) Polish: fartuch (pl) m Portuguese: avental (pt) m Romanian: șorț (ro) Russian: фа́ртук (ru) m (fártuk), пере́дник (ru) m (perédnik) Scots: apern Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: кецеља f, прегача f, фертун m, запрега f, опрегача f Roman: kecelja (sh) f, pregača (sh) f, fertun (sh) m, zaprega (sh) f, opregača f Sicilian: mantali (scn) m Slovak: zástera f Slovene: predpasnik (sl) m Spanish: delantal (es) m, mandil (es) m Swahili: aproni (sw) Swedish: förkläde (sv) n Tagalog: tapi Tajik: пешбанд (pešband) Taos: kwę̀mų́na (of carpenter) Tashelhit: ⵜⴰⴱⴱⴰⵏⴽⴰ (tabbanka) Tatar: алъяпкыч (tt) (alʺyapkıç) Thai: ผ้ากันเปื้อน (pâa-gan-bpʉ̂ʉan) Turkish: önlük (tr) Turkmen: öňlük, fartuk Ukrainian: фа́ртух m (fártux) Uyghur: پەرتۇق (pertuq), پەشمال (peshmal) Uzbek: fartuk (uz) Vietnamese: tạp dề (vi) Volapük: lebavet Welsh: ffedog (cy), ffedogau (cy) f pl West Frisian: skelk n Yiddish: פֿאַרטעך (fartekh) Yup'ik: manuilitaq

the paved area of an airport

Afrikaans: aansitblad Chinese: Mandarin: 停機坪 / 停机坪 (zh) (tíngjīpíng) Danish: forplads (da) c Finnish: asemataso (fi), ramppi (fi) French: tarmac (fr) m, piste (fr) f, tablier (fr) m German: Vorfeld (de) n Indonesian: apron (id) Italian: piazzale (it) m Norwegian: Bokmål: oppstillingsplass m Turkish: apron (tr)

on a horse carriage

German: Fußsack m Ido: avantalo (io) Swedish: fotsack c

part of a stage

Afrikaans: voorverhoog French: avant-scène (fr) f German: Proszenium (de) n, Vorbühne (de) f Indonesian: apron (id) Maori: tuaaroaro

Verb

apron (third-person singular simple present aprons, present participle aproning, simple past and past participle aproned)

1. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, an apron.

References

1. Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎, volumes I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 9.72, page 275.

Anagrams

• no-par, on par

Esperanto

Noun

apron

1. accusative singular of apro

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from English apron.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈap.rɔn/
• Rhymes: -rɔn
• Hyphenation: ap‧ron

Noun

apron (plural apron-apron)

1. apron:
   1. (fashion) an article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
   2. (aviation) the paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal.
   3. (drama) the portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.

Further reading

• “apron” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Noun

apron

1. Alternative form of naperoun

Turkish

Etymology

From English apron.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ap‧ron

Noun

apron (definite accusative apronu, plural apronlar)

1. (aviation) apron (The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal)

References

• Havacılık Terimleri Sözlüğü‎, 1st edition, Ankara: Devlet Hava Meydanları İşletmesi Genel Müdürlüğü Yayınları, 2011, →ISBN

Further reading

• Apron (havacılık) on the Turkish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^tr