different between chimpanzee vs gorilla

English

Alternative forms

• japanzee (obsolete)

Etymology

The first recorded use of the name chimpanzee dates to 1738.The name is derived from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola, comparable to Vili ci-mpenzi.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /t??m?pæn.zi/, /?t??m.p?n?zi?/, /?t??m.pæn?zi?/

Noun

chimpanzee (plural chimpanzees)

1. A species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans.

   Synonym: chimp

   Hyponyms: blackback, silverback

   Holonym: chimpkind

Derived terms

Descendants

• Translingual: ChHV

Translations

References

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (Górillai, “Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women)”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?????l.?/
• Rhymes: -?l?
• Homophone: guerrilla

Noun

gorilla (plural gorillas)

1. The largest of the apes, native to the forests of central Africa, and known for their trait of knuckle-walking.
2. A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.
3. (informal) A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth.
   • 1977, Computerworld (volume 11, number 19, page 58)

     The two industry gorillas — IBM and AT&T — will get together to decide who will provide different communications services, Biddle stated.

Derived terms

Related terms

• Godzilla
• Gorillai

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Gorilla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??o??r?.la?/
• Hyphenation: go?ril?la
• Rhymes: -?la?

Noun

gorilla m (plural gorilla's, diminutive gorillaatje n)

1. gorilla, primate of the genus Gorilla

Derived terms

• berggorilla
• laaglandgorilla

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??oril??/, [??o?ril??]
• Rhymes: -oril??
• Syllabification: go?ril?la

Noun

gorilla

1. gorilla

Declension

Compounds

• vuorigorilla

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??oril??]
• Hyphenation: go?ril?la
• Rhymes: -l?

Noun

gorilla (plural gorillák)

1. gorilla

Declension

Italian

Noun

gorilla m (invariable)

1. gorilla

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”)

Noun

gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer, definite plural gorillaene)

1. a gorilla

References

• “gorilla” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”)

Noun

gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer or gorillaar, definite plural gorillaene or gorillaane)

1. a gorilla

References

• “gorilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

gorilla c

1. gorilla

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gorilla c (plural gorilla's)

1. gorilla