gorilla

See also: Gorilla and goril·la

English

A gorilla

Taxidermied specimen at the American Museum of Natural History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪlə
• Homophone: guerrilla

Noun

gorilla (plural gorillas)

1. The largest of the apes, native to the forests of central Africa, and known for their trait of knuckle-walking
2. A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.

Derived terms

• Chicagorilla

Translations

ape

• Arabic: غُورِيلَا f (ḡūrīlā)
• Armenian: գորիլլա (hy) (gorilla)
• Asturian: gorila m
• Belarusian: гары́ла f (harýla)
• Bengali: গরিলা (gorila)
• Bulgarian: горила (bg) f (gorila)
• Catalan: goril·la (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎵᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ ᎤᏔᎾ (adalisgiyisgi utana), ᎪᎵᎳ (golila)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大猩猩 (zh) (dàxīngxing)

• Czech: gorila (cs) f
• Dutch: gorilla (nl) m
• Esperanto: gorilo
• Estonian: gorilla (et)
• Finnish: gorilla (fi)
• French: gorille (fr) m
• Galician: gorila m
• Georgian: გორილა (gorila)
• German: Gorilla (de) m
• Greek: γορίλας (el) m (gorílas)
• Hindi: गोरिल्ला (hi) m (gorillā)
• Hungarian: gorilla (hu)
• Icelandic: górilla (is) f
• Ido: gorilo (io)
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• Irish: goraille m
• Italian: gorilla (it) m
• Japanese: ゴリラ (ja) (gorira)
• Korean: 고릴라 (ko) (gorilla)
• Navajo: mágítsoh
• Norman: gorille m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: gorilla (no) m
• Palauan: korira
• Persian: گوریل (fa) (goril)
• Polish: goryl (pl) m
• Portuguese: gorila (pt) m
• Romanian: gorilă (ro) f
• Russian: гори́лла (ru) f (gorílla)
• Serbo-Croatian: gorila (sh)
• Spanish: gorila (es) m
• Swahili: ngagi class 9/10
• Swedish: gorilla (sv) c
• Tagalog: gorilya, gorila, bakulaw
• Thai: กอริลลา (th) (gɔɔ-rin-lâa), ลิงกอริลลา (ling-gor-rin-laa)
• Turkish: goril (tr)
• Ukrainian: гори́ла f (horýla)
• Urdu: گورلا m (gorillā)
• Vietnamese: khỉ đột
• Wolof: dàngin gi (wo)
• Yiddish: גאָרילע f (gorile)

thug

• Finnish: gorilla (fi)
• Greek: γορίλας (el) m (gorílas)
• Russian: банди́т (ru) (bandít), громи́ла (ru) (gromíla)
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• Serbo-Croatian: gorila (sh), grmalj (sh)
• Swedish: gorilla (sv)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• audio:

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Noun

gorilla m (plural gorillas, diminutive gorillaatje n)

1. gorilla

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡorilːɑ/, [ˈɡo̞rilːɑ̝]

Noun

gorilla

1. gorilla

Declension

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

Compounds

• vuorigorilla

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡorilːɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: go‧ril‧la

Noun

gorilla (plural gorillák)

1. gorilla

Declension

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

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Italian

Noun

gorilla m (uncountable)

1. gorilla

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. a gorilla

References

• “gorilla” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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

Noun

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

1. a gorilla

References

• “gorilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Noun

gorilla c

1. gorilla

Declension

Declension of gorilla
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gorilla	gorillan	gorillor	gorillorna
Genitive	gorillas	gorillans	gorillors	gorillornas

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West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gorilla c (plural gorilla's)

1. gorilla