chimpanzee

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UK, US/t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/UK, US/ˌt͡ʃɪm.pənˈziː/UK, US/ˌt͡ʃɪm.pænˈziː/

noun

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.

Similar
chimpPan troglodytes
OriginBantu ← French chimpanzé →
Less commonScrabble 28
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Meanings

nounchimpanzee (plural chimpanzees)

plural chimpanzees · alternative obsolete japanzee

  1. 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.

    Synonyms: chimp

  2. datedA great ape of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounPan 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.

Similar
chimp

More synonyms by meaning

nounintelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

Similar
chimpPan troglodytes
Broader
great apepongid
Also see
chimp

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchchimpanzé
  2. Bantu
  3. Englishchimpanzee

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.

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Translations

Afrikaans sjimpansee
  • sjimpanseeany hominid of the genus Pan
Arabic شِمْبَانْزِي
  • شِمْبَانْزِي (šimbanzī)any hominid of the genus Pan
Basque txinpantze
  • txinpantzeany hominid of the genus Pan
Catalan ximpanzé
  • ximpanzéany hominid of the genus Pan
Chinese Mandarin 黑猩猩
  • 黑猩猩 (hēixīngxing)any hominid of the genus Pan
Czech šimpanz
  • šimpanzany hominid of the genus Pan
Danish chimpanse
  • chimpanseany hominid of the genus Pan
Dutch chimpansee
  • chimpanseeany hominid of the genus Pan
Esperanto ĉimpanzo
  • ĉimpanzoany hominid of the genus Pan
Estonian šimpans
  • šimpansany hominid of the genus Pan
Finnish simpanssi
  • simpanssiany hominid of the genus Pan
French chimpanzé
  • chimpanzéany hominid of the genus Pan
German Schimpanse, Schimpansenmännchen
  • Schimpanseany hominid of the genus Pan
  • Schimpansenmännchenany hominid of the genus Pan
  • Schimpansen-Männchenany hominid of the genus Pan
  • Schimpansinany hominid of the genus Pan
  • Schimpansenweibchenany hominid of the genus Pan
  • Schimpansen-Weibchenany hominid of the genus Pan
Greek χιμπατζής
  • χιμπατζής (chimpatzís)any hominid of the genus Pan
Hebrew שימפנזה
  • שימפנזה (shimpanze)any hominid of the genus Pan
Hindi चिंपांजी, चिंपाजी
  • चिंपांजी (cimpāñjī)any hominid of the genus Pan
  • चिंपाजी (cimpājī)any hominid of the genus Pan
Hungarian csimpánz
  • csimpánzany hominid of the genus Pan
Icelandic simpansi
  • simpansiany hominid of the genus Pan
Indonesian simpanse
  • simpanseany hominid of the genus Pan
Irish simpeansaí
  • simpeansaíany hominid of the genus Pan
Italian scimpanzé
  • scimpanzéany hominid of the genus Pan
Japanese チンパンジー, 黒猩々
  • チンパンジー (chinpanjī)any hominid of the genus Pan
  • 黒猩々 (kuroshōjō)any hominid of the genus Pan
Korean 침팬지
  • 침팬지 (chimpaenji)any hominid of the genus Pan
Latvian šimpanze
  • šimpanzeany hominid of the genus Pan
Lithuanian šimpanzė
  • šimpanzėany hominid of the genus Pan
Malay cimpanzi
  • cimpanziany hominid of the genus Pan
Norwegian Bokmål sjimpanse
  • sjimpanseany hominid of the genus Pan
Persian شمپانزه
  • شمپانزه (šampânze)any hominid of the genus Pan
Polish szympans, szympans
  • szympansany hominid of the genus Pan
  • szympansPan troglodytes
  • szympans zwyczajnyPan troglodytes
Portuguese chimpanzé
  • chimpanzéany hominid of the genus Pan
Punjabi ਚਿਪਾਂਜ਼ੀ, ਚਿੰਪੈਂਜ਼ੀ
  • ਚਿਪਾਂਜ਼ੀ (cipā̃zī)any hominid of the genus Pan
  • ਚਿੰਪੈਂਜ਼ੀ (cimpaĩzī)any hominid of the genus Pan
Romanian cimpanzeu
  • cimpanzeuany hominid of the genus Pan
Russian шимпанзе́
  • шимпанзе́ (šimpanzé)any hominid of the genus Pan
Slovak šimpanz
  • šimpanzany hominid of the genus Pan
Spanish chimpancé
  • chimpancéany hominid of the genus Pan
Swahili sokwe, sokwe mtu
  • sokweany hominid of the genus Pan
  • sokwe mtuany hominid of the genus Pan
Swedish schimpans
  • schimpansany hominid of the genus Pan
Tagalog tsimpansi
  • tsimpansiany hominid of the genus Pan
Thai ลิงชิมแปนซี
  • ลิงชิมแปนซี (ling chim-bpɛɛn-sii)any hominid of the genus Pan
Turkish şempanze
  • şempanzeany hominid of the genus Pan
Ukrainian шимпанзе́
  • шимпанзе́ (šympanzé)any hominid of the genus Pan
Vietnamese tinh tinh
  • tinh tinhany hominid of the genus Pan
Welsh tsimpansî
  • tsimpansîany hominid of the genus Pan
Cite this entry
APA

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