gorille
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French
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from New Latin Gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gorille m (plural gorilles)
- gorilla (largest of the apes, belonging to the genus Gorilla, native to the forests of central Africa and known for their trait of knuckle-walking)
- (derogatory) goon, thug (muscular henchman with little intelligence)
Descendants
[edit]- → Romanian: gorilă
Further reading
[edit]- “gorille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]gorille m (plural gorilles)
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