different between gorilka vs gorilla

English

Noun

gorilka (plural gorilkas)

1. Alternative spelling of horilka

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:gorilka.
• See also Citations:gorelka.

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

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Noun

gorilla c (plural gorilla's)

1. gorilla