chimpanzee
/t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/ · noun
Meaning
- Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.
- An ape of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.
Etymology / origin
The first recorded use of the name chimpanzee dates to 1738. The name is derived from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola (compare Vili ci-mpenzi), probably brought to the English language via French chimpanzé.
- chimpanzé(French)→
- cimpenzi(vif)→
- chimpanzee (English)
- Relations: cog, der
Related words
Descendant words
- χιμπατζής(Greek) (uder)
- simpeansaí(Irish) (bor)
- チンパンジー(Japanese) (bor)
- 침팬지(Korean) (bor)
- cimpanzi(Malay) (bor)
- ചിമ്പാൻസി(Malayalam) (bor)
- sjimpanse(Norwegian Bokmål) (der)
- sjimpanse(Norwegian Nynorsk) (der)
- szympans(Polish) (cog)
- ਚਿੰਪੈਂਜ਼ੀ(Punjabi) (bor)
- tsimpansî(Welsh) (bor)
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