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Plural of chimpanzee

regular plural

The plural of chimpanzee is chimpanzees.

Forms of chimpanzee

Singularchimpanzee /t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/
Pluralchimpanzees
Countablecountable

Chimpanzees in a sentence

  • Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.From the entry monkey
  • In the belief system of his day, chimpanzees were described as subhuman and asserted to be incapable of feeling pain.From the entry subhuman
  • Unlike chimpanzees, whose females have bright red swollen buttocks when ovulating, females in humans evolved to have concealed ovulation, and do not have any perceptible signs that indicate their fertility.From the entry concealed ovulation
  • West African nicators (amapopo) are closely associated with chimpanzees, which are said to be found where this bird sings beautifully.1996, African Study Monographs: Supplementary issue - Issues 22-27. From the entry nicator
  • Similarities also exist between the antigenic properties of the β₁-glycoproteins obtained from chimpanzees, rhesus monkeys, cynomolguses, and baboons.1978, B. J. Catley, “5: Glycoproteins, Glycopeptides, and Animal Polysaccharides”, in J. S. Brimacombe, editor, Carbohydrate Chemistry…. From the entry cynomolgus

Meaning of chimpanzee

  1. 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.
  2. noun A great ape of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

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Questions about the plural of chimpanzee

What is the plural of chimpanzee?
The plural of chimpanzee is chimpanzees.
Is chimpanzee countable?
Chimpanzee is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chimpanzee (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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