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See also: Gorilla, górilla, and goril·la

English

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Western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (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; the Greek word is likely from Punic, and ultimately from an African language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gorilla (plural gorillas)

  2. An ape of the genus Gorilla; endemic to the forests of Central Africa and typified by superlative physical size and strength in relation to other primates.
    • 1893, Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 27, pages 133, 135:
      In three of these twenty gorillæ 14 ribs are present, and the additional rib in each of them is below. […] The conclusion that the usual place of commencement of the dorsal type in the gorilla is between the 12th and 13th dorsal vertebræ is founded on notes taken of this character in 13 of these gorillæ.
    • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 129:
      “They are wicked people—neither white like you nor black like me, but covered with hair as is Bolgani, the gorilla. Yes, they are very bad people indeed, and Chowambi was glad to get out of their country.”
  3. A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.
    • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed‎[1]:
      "I'll do the old gorilla the justice to say that he is open-handed with money."
  4. (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.
  5. (slang, UK, Australia) 1000 pounds sterling or dollar.
    Coordinate term: monkey

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
  2. ^ “gorilla”, in Collins English Dictionary.

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch gorilla or English gorilla.

Noun

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gorilla (plural gorillas, diminutive gorillatjie)

  1. gorilla, primate of the genus Gorilla.

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from translingual Gorilla.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɣoːˈrɪ.laː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: go‧ril‧la
  • Rhymes: -ɪlaː

Noun

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gorilla m (plural gorilla's, diminutive gorillaatje n)

  1. gorilla, primate of the genus Gorilla

Derived terms

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From English gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡorilːɑ/, [ˈɡo̞rilːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -orilːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): go‧ril‧la
  • Hyphenation(key): go‧ril‧la

Noun

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gorilla

  1. gorilla

Declension

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Inflection of gorilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
nominative gorilla gorillat
genitive gorillan gorilloiden
gorilloitten
gorillojen
partitive gorillaa gorilloita
gorilloja
illative gorillaan gorilloihin
singular plural
nominative gorilla gorillat
accusative nom. gorilla gorillat
gen. gorillan
genitive gorillan gorilloiden
gorilloitten
gorillojen
gorillain rare
partitive gorillaa gorilloita
gorilloja
inessive gorillassa gorilloissa
elative gorillasta gorilloista
illative gorillaan gorilloihin
adessive gorillalla gorilloilla
ablative gorillalta gorilloilta
allative gorillalle gorilloille
essive gorillana gorilloina
translative gorillaksi gorilloiksi
abessive gorillatta gorilloitta
instructive — gorilloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of gorilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative gorillani gorillani
accusative nom. gorillani gorillani
gen. gorillani
genitive gorillani gorilloideni
gorilloitteni
gorillojeni
gorillaini rare
partitive gorillaani gorilloitani
gorillojani
inessive gorillassani gorilloissani
elative gorillastani gorilloistani
illative gorillaani gorilloihini
adessive gorillallani gorilloillani
ablative gorillaltani gorilloiltani
allative gorillalleni gorilloilleni
essive gorillanani gorilloinani
translative gorillakseni gorilloikseni
abessive gorillattani gorilloittani
instructive — —
comitative — gorilloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative gorillasi gorillasi
accusative nom. gorillasi gorillasi
gen. gorillasi
genitive gorillasi gorilloidesi
gorilloittesi
gorillojesi
gorillaisi rare
partitive gorillaasi gorilloitasi
gorillojasi
inessive gorillassasi gorilloissasi
elative gorillastasi gorilloistasi
illative gorillaasi gorilloihisi
adessive gorillallasi gorilloillasi
ablative gorillaltasi gorilloiltasi
allative gorillallesi gorilloillesi
essive gorillanasi gorilloinasi
translative gorillaksesi gorilloiksesi
abessive gorillattasi gorilloittasi
instructive — —
comitative — gorilloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative gorillamme gorillamme
accusative nom. gorillamme gorillamme
gen. gorillamme
genitive gorillamme gorilloidemme
gorilloittemme
gorillojemme
gorillaimme rare
partitive gorillaamme gorilloitamme
gorillojamme
inessive gorillassamme gorilloissamme
elative gorillastamme gorilloistamme
illative gorillaamme gorilloihimme
adessive gorillallamme gorilloillamme
ablative gorillaltamme gorilloiltamme
allative gorillallemme gorilloillemme
essive gorillanamme gorilloinamme
translative gorillaksemme gorilloiksemme
abessive gorillattamme gorilloittamme
instructive — —
comitative — gorilloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative gorillanne gorillanne
accusative nom. gorillanne gorillanne
gen. gorillanne
genitive gorillanne gorilloidenne
gorilloittenne
gorillojenne
gorillainne rare
partitive gorillaanne gorilloitanne
gorillojanne
inessive gorillassanne gorilloissanne
elative gorillastanne gorilloistanne
illative gorillaanne gorilloihinne
adessive gorillallanne gorilloillanne
ablative gorillaltanne gorilloiltanne
allative gorillallenne gorilloillenne
essive gorillananne gorilloinanne
translative gorillaksenne gorilloiksenne
abessive gorillattanne gorilloittanne
instructive — —
comitative — gorilloinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative gorillansa gorillansa
accusative nom. gorillansa gorillansa
gen. gorillansa
genitive gorillansa gorilloidensa
gorilloittensa
gorillojensa
gorillainsa rare
partitive gorillaansa gorilloitaan
gorillojaan
gorilloitansa
gorillojansa
inessive gorillassaan
gorillassansa 		gorilloissaan
gorilloissansa
elative gorillastaan
gorillastansa 		gorilloistaan
gorilloistansa
illative gorillaansa gorilloihinsa
adessive gorillallaan
gorillallansa 		gorilloillaan
gorilloillansa
ablative gorillaltaan
gorillaltansa 		gorilloiltaan
gorilloiltansa
allative gorillalleen
gorillallensa 		gorilloilleen
gorilloillensa
essive gorillanaan
gorillanansa 		gorilloinaan
gorilloinansa
translative gorillakseen
gorillaksensa 		gorilloikseen
gorilloiksensa
abessive gorillattaan
gorillattansa 		gorilloittaan
gorilloittansa
instructive — —
comitative — gorilloineen
gorilloinensa

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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Hungarian

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 gorilla on Hungarian Wikipedia

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡorilːɒ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: go‧ril‧la
  • Rhymes: -lɒ

Noun

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gorilla (plural gorillák)

  1. gorilla
  2. (figuratively) gorilla, muscleman, henchman

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative gorilla gorillák
accusative gorillát gorillákat
dative gorillának gorilláknak
instrumental gorillával gorillákkal
causal-final gorilláért gorillákért
translative gorillává gorillákká
terminative gorilláig gorillákig
essive-formal gorillaként gorillákként
essive-modal — —
inessive gorillában gorillákban
superessive gorillán gorillákon
adessive gorillánál gorilláknál
illative gorillába gorillákba
sublative gorillára gorillákra
allative gorillához gorillákhoz
elative gorillából gorillákból
delative gorilláról gorillákról
ablative gorillától gorilláktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		gorilláé gorilláké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		gorilláéi gorillákéi
Possessive forms of gorilla
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. gorillám gorilláim
2nd person sing. gorillád gorilláid
3rd person sing. gorillája gorillái
1st person plural gorillánk gorilláink
2nd person plural gorillátok gorilláitok
3rd person plural gorillájuk gorilláik

Further reading

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  • gorilla in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Ingrian

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Gorilla.

Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian горилла (gorilla).

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Noun

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gorilla

  1. gorilla
    • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62:
      Șimpanze ja gorilla elläät Afrikaas.
      The chimpanzee and the gorilla live in Africa.

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Declension of gorilla (type 3/kana, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative gorilla gorillat
genitive gorillan gorilloin
partitive gorillaa gorilloja
illative gorillaa gorilloihe
inessive gorillaas gorillois
elative gorillast gorilloist
allative gorillalle gorilloille
adessive gorillaal gorilloil
ablative gorillalt gorilloilt
translative gorillaks gorilloiks
essive gorillanna, gorillaan gorilloinna, gorilloin
exessive1) gorillant gorilloint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡoˈril.la/
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Hyphenation: go‧rìl‧la

Noun

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gorilla m (invariable)

  1. gorilla
  2. (derogatory) bodyguard

Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”).

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gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer, definite plural gorillaene)

  1. a gorilla

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”).

Noun

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gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer or gorillaar, definite plural gorillaene or gorillaane)

  1. a gorilla

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Swedish

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en gorilla (västlig [western] gorilla)

Noun

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gorilla c

  1. gorilla
    Vilket djur går sämst i djungeln? Svar: Gorilla (går illa).
    Which animal walks the worst [is the worst walker] in the jungle? Answer: Gorilla (walks poorly).
    Common punny children's riddle.

Declension

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Declension of gorilla
nominative genitive
singular indefinite gorilla gorillas
definite gorillan gorillans
plural indefinite gorillor gorillors
definite gorillorna gorillornas

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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From Dutch gorilla.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡoˈrɪ.la/
  • Rhymes: -ɪla
  • Hyphenation: go‧ril‧la

Noun

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gorilla c (plural gorilla's)

  1. gorilla
  2. bodyguard (member of a personal bodyguard)
    Synonym: liifwacht

References

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