scimmia

Italian

Alternative forms

• scimia (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier scimia, Latin sīmia, from Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): ^*/ˈʃim.mja/
• Hyphenation: scìm‧mia

Noun

scimmia f (plural scimmie)

1. monkey, simian

Related terms

• scimmieggiare
• scimmiesco
• scimmione
• scimmiottare
• scimmiotto

Further reading

• scimmia on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it