different between chimp vs gibbon

English

Etymology

Clipping of chimpanzee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Noun

chimp (plural chimps)

1. (informal) Clipping of chimpanzee.

Derived terms

Verb

chimp (third-person singular simple present chimps, present participle chimping, simple past and past participle chimped)

1. (informal, often derogatory) To review each image on a digital camera after it is taken.
2. (informal, often derogatory) To get very excited when showing images on a digital camera.

English

Etymology

Reborrowing from French gibbon, folk etymology (compare English Gibbon) ultimately from an Aslian language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???b?n/
• Rhymes: -?b?n

Noun

gibbon (plural gibbons)

1. A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.
   • 1950, Evelyn Waugh, Helena.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• gibbon at OneLook Dictionary Search
• gibbon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• gibbon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• gobbin

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French gibbon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.b?n/
• Hyphenation: gib?bon

Noun

gibbon m (plural gibbons)

1. gibbon, primate of the family Hylobatidae

French

Etymology

Brought to Europe from French India by Joseph François Dupleix, probably from an English folk etymology (compare English Gibbon) with an Aslian root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?i.b??/

Noun

gibbon m (plural gibbons)

1. Gibbon

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “gibbon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “gibbon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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