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)

(pharmacology) Initialism of active pharmaceutical ingredient.
(programming) Initialism of application programming interface.
Initialism of Asian and Pacific Islander.
(weaponry) Initialism of advanced primer ignition.
(weaponry) Initialism of armor-piercing incendiary.

Hypernyms

PI

Hyponyms

REST API

Translations

application programming interface — see application programming interface

Proper noun

API

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

Derived terms

Further reading

API (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Application programming interface on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Active pharmaceutical ingredient on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Advanced Primer Ignition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

AIP, IAP, IPA, PIA, pia

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.pe.i/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

API m

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English API.

Noun

API m (plural API)

API, application programming interface

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ˈpe.i/
Homophone: api

Proper noun

API

initialism of Akademi Penerbang Indonesia

Noun

API

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

Latin

Proper noun

API n (indeclinable)

initialism of Alphabētum Phōnēticum Internātiōnāle (“International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)”)

Portuguese

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English API.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa ˈpe ˈi/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa ˈpe ˈi/

Noun

API f (plural APIs)

(programming) API (application programming interface)