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chimpanzee
(tʃɪmpænziː)
Word forms: plural chimpanzees
countable noun
A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
chimpanzee in British English
(ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː)
noun
a gregarious and intelligent anthropoid ape, Pan troglodytes, inhabiting forests in central W Africa
Word origin
C18: from Kongo dialectchimpanzee in American English
(ˌtʃɪmpænˈzi; tʃɪmˈpænzi)
noun
any of a genus (Pan) of great apes of Africa, with black hair and large, protruding ears: it is smaller than a gorilla and is noted for its intelligence
Word origin
Fr chimpanzé < Bantu (Angola) kampenziImage ofchimpanzee
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British English: chimpanzee /ˌtʃɪmpænˈziː/ NOUN
A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
- American English: chimpanzee
- Arabic: شِمْبَانْزِي
- Brazilian Portuguese: chipanzé
- Chinese: 黑猩猩
- Croatian: čimpanza
- Czech: šimpanz
- Danish: chimpanse
- Dutch: chimpansee
- European Spanish: chimpancé
- Finnish: simpanssi
- French: chimpanzé
- German: Schimpanse
- Greek: χιμπαντζής
- Italian: scimpanzè
- Japanese: チンパンジー
- Korean: 침팬지
- Norwegian: sjimpanse
- Polish: szympans
- European Portuguese: chimpanzé
- Romanian: cimpanzeu
- Russian: шимпанзе
- Latin American Spanish: chimpancé
- Swedish: schimpans
- Thai: ลิงชิมแปนซี
- Turkish: şempanze
- Ukrainian: шимпанзе
- Vietnamese: con tinh tinh
Chinese translation of 'chimpanzee'
chimpanzee
(tʃɪmpænˈziː)
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