API
French, noun/a.pe.i/
API is spelled A-P-I (3 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written French, the 18,149th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). API is a French masculine noun meaning “API, application programming interface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Alphabet phonétique international”.
What does API mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineAPI, application programming interface
noun
- 1
masculineinitialism of automate programmable industriel (programmable logic controller), PLC
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Alphabet phonétique international.
noun: 1. Ensemble normalisé de classes, de méthodes, de fonctions et de constantes qui sert de façade par laquelle un logiciel offre des services à d’autres logiciels.
noun: 1. Variété de pomme colorée, généralement d'un seul côté, d’un beau rouge vif. 2. Ache.
noun: 1. Apiculteur.
noun: 1. Boisson à base de maïs violet traditionnelle de l’altiplano andin.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of API
- A.P.I.
- APIs plural
- apy
- apis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce API?
- /a.pe.i/
- \a.pi\
- \a.pe.i\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to API
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is API in French?
API appears 2.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).