simio

See also: símio

Esperanto

simio (sense 1)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sīmia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈmio/

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• Rhymes: -io
• Syllabification: si‧mi‧o

Noun

simio (accusative singular simion, plural simioj, accusative plural simiojn)(zoology)

2. (generally) monkey, ape (primate)

   Hypernym: mamulo

   • 2005 November 21, "Petr Tomasovsky" et al. kontribuintoj de Vikipedio, “Simio”, in Vikipedio: La libera enciklopedio‎^[1] (encyclopedia), Vikimedio, retrieved 18 April 2025:

     Evoluado de simio: […] Ili havis manojn kaj piedojn bone uzeblajn por grimpi sur arboj kaj teni malgrandajn aĵojn.

     Evolution of monkey: […] They had hands and feet that were well suited for climbing trees and holding small objects.

4. (specifically) simian (Haplorhini)

   Hypernym: primato

Ido

simio (sense 1)

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto simio, English simian, French singe, Italian scimia / scimmia, Spanish simio, all derived from Latin sīmius. Compare German Affe and Russian обезья́на (obezʹjána).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsimi̯o/
• Rhymes: -imi̯o
• Hyphenation: si‧mi‧o, sim‧io

Noun

simio (plural simii)

2. (generally) simian: ape, monkey, baboon, etc. (primate)

   La simio forraptis e manjis ilia banani. ― The monkey stole and ate their bananas.

Derived terms

• simialajo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.mi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈsiː.mi.o]
• Hyphenation: sī‧mi‧ō

Noun

sīmiō

1. dative/ablative singular of sīmius

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sīmius. Compare jimio, jimia, Old Spanish ximia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsimjo/ [ˈsi.mjo]

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• Rhymes: -imjo
• Syllabification: si‧mio

Noun

simio m (plural simios, feminine simia, feminine plural simias)

1. ape

Derived terms

• gran simio

Further reading

• “simio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025