simpanse

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch chimpansee, from French chimpanzé, from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɪmˈpanse]
• Hyphenation: sim‧pan‧sé
• Rhymes: -se, -e

Noun

simpansé (plural simpanse-simpanse)

1. chimpanzee (ape)

Alternative forms

• cimpanzi (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “simpanse”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016