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apert

/əˈpɜː(ɹ)t/obsolete

apert is an adjective meaning “open; uncovered; revealed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-P-E-R-T, and it appears about once in every 55 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does apert mean?

adjective

  1. 1

    archaicopen; uncovered; revealed

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce apert?

  • /əˈpɜː(ɹ)t/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-apert.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

How common is apert?

Apert appears about once in every 55 million words in written English, the 231,291st most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does apert come from?

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

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).