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See also: Gibbon
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Reborrowing from French gibbon, folk etymology (compare English Gibbon)[1] ultimately from an Aslian language.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɪbən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪbən
Noun[edit]
gibbon (plural gibbons)
- A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.
- 1950, Evelyn Waugh, Helena:
- ' […] Suppose that in years to come, when the Church's troubles seem to be over, there should come an apostate of my own trade, a false historian, with the mind of Cicero or Tacitus and the soul of an animal,' and he nodded towards the gibbon who fretted his golden chain and chattered for fruit.
Derived terms[edit]
- agile gibbon
- black-handed gibbon
- bornean white-bearded gibbon
- capped gibbon (Hylobatis pileatus)
- common gibbon
- crested gibbon
- Hainan gibbon
- hoolock gibbon/hulock gibbon
- Javan gibbon
- Kloss's gibbon
- kloss's gibbon/kloss gibbon
- lar gibbon
- Mentawai gibbon
- pileated gibbon
- potto gibbon
- shitgibbon
- silvery gibbon
- white-cheeked gibbon
- white-handed gibbon
- yellow-cheeked gibbon
Translations[edit]
small ape
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References[edit]
- “gibbon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “gibbon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- gibbon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gibbon m (plural gibbons)
- gibbon, primate of the family Hylobatidae
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Brought to Europe from French India by Joseph François Dupleix, probably from an English folk etymology (compare English Gibbon)[1] with an Aslian root.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gibbon m (plural gibbons)
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “gibbon”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “gibbon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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