apron

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.
She tied an apron around her waist before cooking dinner.

The carpenter wore a leather apron full of tools.
The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
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.
  The plane was parked on the airport apron.
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.
(architecture ) A raised panel below a window or wall monument or tablet.
The sides of a tree's canopy.
The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.

Derived terms

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Translations

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clothing

Afrikaans: voorskoot , skort
Albanian: përparëse (sq) f, nap (gheg)
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 (alyapqıs)
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 kwan^4-2)

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
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
Frisian:
West Frisian: skelk n
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 (fartuwk), алжапқыш (aljapqıš), алжапғыш (aljapğıš)
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)
Māori: 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

Latin: 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
Southern Altai: фартук (fartuk)
Spanish: delantal (es) m, mandil (es) m, excusalí (es) m (small, disused)
Swahili: aproni (sw)
Swedish: förkläde (sv) n
Tagalog: tapi
Tajik: пешбанд (pešband)
Taos: kwę̀mų́na (of carpenter)
Tashelhit: ⵜⴰⴱⴱⴰⵏⴽⴰ (tabbanka)
Tatar: алъяпкыч (tt) (al-yapqıç)
Thai: ผ้ากันเปื้อน (pâa-gan-bpʉ̂ʉan)
Turkish: önlük (tr)
Turkmen: öňlük , fartuk
Udmurt: азькышет (aźkyšet), айшет (ajšet)
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
Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} brandyep , ^{(please verify)} kaiung , ^{(please verify)} dilbanain , ^{(please verify)} marriguil , ^{(please verify)} nawarrait , ^{(please verify)} gayayern
Yiddish: פֿאַרטעך (fartekh)
Yup'ik: manuilitaq

the paved area of an airport

Afrikaans: aansitblad
Bulgarian: перон (bg) m (peron), стоянка (bg) f (stojanka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 停機坪 / 停机坪 (zh) (tíngjīpíng)
Danish: forplads (da) c
Finnish: asemataso (fi) , ramppi (fi) , platta (fi)
French: tarmac (fr) m, piste (fr) f, tablier (fr) m
German: Vorfeld (de) n
Indonesian: apron (id)
Italian: piazzale (it) m
Japanese: ランプ (ja) (rampu), エプロン (ja) (epuron)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: oppstillingsplass m
Turkish: apron (tr)

on a horse carriage

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: välly
German: Fußsack (de) m
Ido: avantalo (io)
Swedish: fotsack c

part of a stage

Afrikaans: voorverhoog
Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 台唇 (táichún)
French: avant-scène (fr) f
German: Proszenium (de) n, Vorbühne (de) f
Indonesian: apron (id)
Māori: tuaaroaro

Verb

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

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

References

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

Anagrams

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no-par , on par

Cornish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English apron

Noun

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apron m (plural apronnyow )

apron

References

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"apron" in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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IPA ^(key): /ˈapron/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -apron
Syllabification: a‧pron

Noun

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apron

accusative singular of apro

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Internationalism, borrowed from English apron .

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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apron (plural apron-apron)

apron :
1. (fashion ) an article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills
  Synonym: celemek
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
barriers installed on the left and right sides of the conveyor belt, made of metal plates, boards, or rubber to prevent material from scattering