szympans

Polish

szympans

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English chimpanzee, French chimpanzé, German Schimpanse, ultimately from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʂɨm.pans/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɨmpans
  • Syllabification: szym‧pans

Noun

szympans m animal (female equivalent szympansica, related adjective szympansi)

  1. chimpanzee (any hominid of the genus Pan)
  2. chimpanzee, chimp, common chimpanzee, robust chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
    Synonym: szympans zwyczajny
  3. (colloquial, derogatory, figurative) chimp (person to whom the speaker has a negative attitude)
    Synonym: małpa

Declension

Derived terms

nouns
  • szympansiątko

Further reading

  • szympans in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • szympans in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • szympans in PWN's encyclopedia
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