apert

See also: apèrt

English

Etymology

From Middle English apert, from Old French apert and Latin apertus, past participle of aperire. Doublet of ouvert and overt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈpɜː(ɹ)t/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Adjective

apert

1. (archaic) open; uncovered; revealed
   • 1622, Martin Fotherby, Atheomastix:

     apert Confessions

Derived terms

• apertly
• apertness
• malapert

 

Related terms

• pert

Anagrams

• Peart, Petra, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, petra, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap

Dutch

Adjective

apert (comparative aperter, superlative apertst)

1. (archaic, literary) clear, overt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin apertus (“open”). Doublet of ouvert.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.pɛʁ/
• Homophone: aperts

Adjective

apert (feminine aperte, masculine plural aperts, feminine plural apertes)

1. (archaic, literary) clear, manifest, obvious

Further reading

• “apert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.