monkey

/ˈmʌŋki/MUHNG-kee
/ˈmʌŋki/MUHNG-kee

Meaningan ape

Common meaning: an ape

Journey through time

  1. Old Italianmona‘an ape’source
  2. Old Italianmonicchio‘a monkey’source
  3. Early English spellingmunkiesource
  4. Englishmonkey‘an 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 Old Italian mona ‘an ape’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry MONKEY, p. 376 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • mona Old Italian “an ape”

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