app

Etymology 1
Shortening of.

Noun

 * 1)  An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
 * 2)  application use, purpose; not a computer program
 * 3) * 1995, The X-Files (TV series), Nisei (episode)
 * SCULLY: What are these chips used for? PENDRELL: Video games, brake systems, they're finding new apps every day. I just read about one being designed to help the severely disabled operate computers using brainwaves.
 * 1)  application (to a college etc.)
 * 1)  application use, purpose; not a computer program
 * 2) * 1995, The X-Files (TV series), Nisei (episode)
 * SCULLY: What are these chips used for? PENDRELL: Video games, brake systems, they're finding new apps every day. I just read about one being designed to help the severely disabled operate computers using brainwaves.
 * 1)  application (to a college etc.)

Translations

 * Afrikaans: toep, app
 * Arabic: تَطْبِيق
 * Hijazi Arabic: تَطْبِيق
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: tətbiq,
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: дада́так, прагра́ма
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: apli,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 應用程式, app
 * Mandarin: 應用程序, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: app
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:, aplikaĵo
 * Estonian:, äpp
 * Faroese: app
 * Finnish:, , , ,
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: აპლიკაცია
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: יישום,, תׇּכְנָה
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: app
 * Irish: aip
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: ,
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz:, тиркеме
 * Lao: ແອັບ
 * Latvian: aplikācija, lietotne
 * Lithuanian: programėlė
 * Macedonian: апликација, извршник
 * Malay:
 * Maori: taupānga, pūmanawa tautono
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: app
 * Nynorsk: app
 * Ojibwe: mazinaabikiwebinigan-agaasaa'makak
 * Persian: اپلیکیشن,
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,  aplicativo móvel,  ,  aplicação móvel
 * Romanian: app,
 * Russian:, , прикладна́я програ́мма,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: аплика́ција
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: aplikácia
 * Slovene: aplikacija
 * Spanish: apli, app
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tajik:, ,
 * Thai: แอป, แอปพลิเคชัน
 * Turkish:, mobil uygulama
 * Ukrainian: застосу́нок, дода́ток, програ́ма
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology 2
Shortening of.

Noun

 * 1)  appetizer

Etymology 3
Shortening of.

Noun

 * 1)  An appearance in a game.

Etymology
.

Etymology
From, shortened from.

Etymology
From. The senses pertaining to text messaging are influenced by the app name WhatsApp.

Noun

 * 1) an app
 * 2)  a text message sent using an app
 * 3)  a chat on a text messaging app, particularly a group chat
 * 1)  a chat on a text messaging app, particularly a group chat
 * 1)  a chat on a text messaging app, particularly a group chat

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)  app (for a mobile device)

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  app, application

Etymology
From, from , from.

Noun

 * 1)   (for a mobile device)

Etymology
.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) father-in-law

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)   small computer application

Etymology
(with gender by association with ).

Usage notes



 * In practice, this rule is often not followed and the form is widely used.

Noun

 * 1)  an  (especially on mobile phones and the like, like in English)

Usage notes
Usually repeated.