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chimpanzee

/tʃɪmˈpænzi/chim-PAN-zee
/tʃɪmˈpænzi/chim-PAN-zee

Meaningthe ape's name on the Loango coast

Common meaning: an African ape

Journey through time

  1. West African (Loango)chimpanzeesource
  2. Early English spellingquimpeazessource
  3. Englishchimpanzee‘an African ape’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on West African (Loango) chimpanzee ‘the ape's name on the Loango coast’.

Roots

  • chimpanzee West African (Loango) “the ape's name on the Loango coast”

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