Phrase guide

apple pie

noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˌæp.əlˈpaɪ/
  • UK, US: [ˌæp.ɫ̩ˈpaɪ]
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˌæp.əlˈpɑɪ/
  • Australian: [ˌæp.ɫ̩ˈpɑɪ]
  • rhymes with -aɪ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A pie or tart made with a filling of cooked apples.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Anything positive that is quintessentially American.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any of various willowherbs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

Of a bed, to make an apple-pie bed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

pie (with a top crust) containing sliced apples and sugar

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pie

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

48 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فطيرَة التفاح — pie with apple filling
  • Bulgarian: я́бълков пай (jábǎlkov paj) — pie with apple filling
  • Chinese Cantonese: 蘋果批 /苹果批 (ping4 gwo2 pai1) — pie with apple filling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蘋果派 /苹果派 (píngguǒpài) — pie with apple filling
  • Danish: æblekage — pie with apple filling
  • Danish: æbletærte — pie with apple filling
  • Dutch: appeltaart — pie with apple filling
  • Esperanto: pomokuko — pie with apple filling
  • Esperanto: pomotorto — pie with apple filling
  • Finnish: omenapiirakka — pie with apple filling
  • Finnish: omenapiiras — pie with apple filling
  • French: tarte aux pommes — pie with apple filling
  • German: Apfelkuchen — pie with apple filling
  • Hebrew: פאי תפוחים — pie with apple filling
  • Hungarian: almás lepény — pie with apple filling
  • Icelandic: eplabaka — pie with apple filling
  • Irish: pióg úll — pie with apple filling
  • Italian: torta di mele — pie with apple filling
  • Japanese: アップルパイ (appurupai) — pie with apple filling
  • Korean: 애플파이 (aepeulpai) — pie with apple filling
  • Korean: 사과 파이 (sagwa pai) — pie with apple filling
  • Low German: Appelkoken — pie with apple filling
  • Malay: pai epal — pie with apple filling
  • Maltese: torta tat-tuffieħ — pie with apple filling
  • Mongolian: алимтай бялуу (alimtaj bjaluu) — pie with apple filling
  • Mongolian: алимны бялуу (alimny bjaluu) — pie with apple filling
  • Norman: pâté d'pommes — pie with apple filling
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eplepai — pie with apple filling
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eplepai — pie with apple filling
  • Persian: پای سیب (pây-e sib) — pie with apple filling
  • Polish: ciasto jabłkowe — pie with apple filling
  • Portuguese: torta de maçã — pie with apple filling
  • Russian: я́блочный пиро́г (jábločnyj piróg) — pie with apple filling
  • Serbo-Croatian: пи̏та о̏д ја̏бӯка̄ — pie with apple filling
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȉta ȍd jȁbūkā — pie with apple filling
  • Lower Sorbian: jabłukowy tykańc — pie with apple filling
  • Lower Sorbian: jabłukowy mazańc — pie with apple filling
  • Upper Sorbian: jabłučkowy tykanc — pie with apple filling
  • Spanish: tarta de manzana — pie with apple filling
  • Swedish: äppelpaj — pie with apple filling
  • Turkish: elmalı turta — pie with apple filling
  • Vilamovian: epułkücha — pie with apple filling
  • Yiddish: עפּלפּײַ (eplpay) — pie with apple filling
  • Danish: ærkeamerikansk — anything quintessentially American
  • Finnish: periamerikkalainen asia — anything quintessentially American
  • Polish: americana — anything quintessentially American
  • Portuguese: americanice — anything quintessentially American
  • Portuguese: americanismo — anything quintessentially American