API

See also: api, Api, and 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.
4. (weaponry) Initialism of advanced primer ignition.
5. (weaponry) Initialism of armor-piercing incendiary.

Hypernyms

• PI

Hyponyms

• REST API

Translations

application programming interface — see application programming interface

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

• API donut
• API gravity
• API Service Symbol

 

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

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English API.

Noun

API m (plural API)

1. API, application programming interface

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/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa ˈpe ˈi/

Noun

API f (plural APIs)

1. (programming) API (application programming interface)