API

API

See also: Appendix:Variations of "api"

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: ā'pē'īʹ, IPA(key): /ˌeɪˌpiˈaɪ/
  • Audio (General American):(file)

Noun

API (plural APIs or API)

  1. (pharmacology) Initialism of active pharmaceutical ingredient.
  2. (programming) Initialism of application programming interface.
  3. Initialism of Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Coordinate term: AAPI
  4. (weaponry) Initialism of advanced primer ignition.
  5. (weaponry) Initialism of armor-piercing incendiary.

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Translations

Proper noun

API

  1. Initialism of American Petroleum Institute.
  2. (international law) Initialism of Additional Protocol I of 1977 to the four Geneva Conventions.
    Alternative form: AP I

Derived terms

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French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Proper noun

API m

  1. initialism of alphabet phonétique international: IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)

Etymology 2

    Borrowed from English API.

    Noun

    API m (invariable)

    1. API, application programming interface

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    API m (invariable)

    1. initialism of automate programmable industriel (programmable logic controller), PLC

    Indonesian

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /a.ˈpe.i/
    • Homophone: api

    Proper noun

    API

    1. initialism of Akademi Penerbang Indonesia

    Noun

    API

    1. initialism of alat penangkapan ikan
    2. (computing) Initialism of application programming interface.
    3. (tourism) initialism of Anugerah Pesona Indonesia
    4. (trading) initialism of angka pengenal importir

    Latin

    Proper noun

    API n (indeclinable)

    1. initialism of Alphabētum Phōnēticum Internātiōnāle (International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA))

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Orthographic borrowing from English API.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa ˈpe ˈi/

    Noun

    API f (plural APIs)

    1. (programming) API (application programming interface)