chimpanzee
UK/t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/
chimpanzee noun: pan troglodytes, a species of great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.
Noun
chimpanzee (plural chimpanzees)
chimpanzee meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam
chimpanzee in Hindi
- any hominid of the genus Pan
- चिंपांजी cimpāñjī, चिंपाजी cimpājī
chimpanzee in Marathi
- any hominid of the genus Pan
- चिंपांझी cimpāñjhī
chimpanzee in Bengali
- শিম্পাঞ্জি, বনমানুষ বিশেষ
chimpanzee in Malayalam
- any hominid of the genus Pan
- ചിമ്പാൻസി cimpāṉsi
More languagesFewer languages
- chimpanzee in Punjabi
- ਚਿਪਾਂਜ਼ੀ cipā̃zī, ਚਿੰਪੈਂਜ਼ੀ cimpaĩzī
- chimpanzee in Assamese
- চিম্পাঞ্জী simpañzi
- chimpanzee in Tagalog
- tsimpansi
- chimpanzee in Arabic
- شِمْبَانْزِي šimbanzī
- chimpanzee in Malay
- cimpanzi
- chimpanzee in Indonesian
- simpanse
- chimpanzee in Persian
- شمپانزه šampânze
- chimpanzee in Thai
- ลิงชิมแปนซี ling chim-bpɛɛn-sii
- chimpanzee in Vietnamese
- tinh tinh
- chimpanzee in Myanmar
- ချင်ပန်ဇီမျောက် hkyangpanji-myauk
Examples of chimpanzee in a sentence
- Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.
- The chimpanzee and the gorilla have a common ancestor.
- Man is the probable evolutional successor to the chimpanzee.
Synonyms of chimpanzee
Forms of chimpanzee
| plural | chimpanzees |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | japanzee |
Origin of chimpanzee
The first recorded use of the name chimpanzee dates to 1738. The name is derived from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola (compare Vili ci-mpenzi), probably brought to the English language via French chimpanzé.
Words formed from chimpanzee
Questions about chimpanzee
- What does chimpanzee mean?
- Chimpanzee means pan troglodytes, a species of great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.
- What is chimpanzee in Hindi?
- Chimpanzee in Hindi is चिंपांजी (cimpāñjī), चिंपाजी (cimpājī). See Chimpanzee meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is chimpanzee?
- Chimpanzee is a noun.
- How do you pronounce chimpanzee?
- Chimpanzee is pronounced /t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of chimpanzee?
- The plural of chimpanzee is chimpanzees.
Words near chimpanzee in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: chimpanzee (page history and authors); chimpanzee (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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