how to pronounce apache

/əˈpætʃiː/

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apache is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of apache in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… let me go to apache for a second on …”

meanings of apache

noun:

A person belonging to an Apache people.
AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.
Alternative letter-case form of Apache, a Parisian gangster.
Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
Apache HTTP Server, a widely used open source web server software suite.
Apache, a town in Oklahoma, United States.

apache frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word apache occurs in english on average 1.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.