שימפנזה

Hebrew

Etymology

Via German Schimpanse from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola, comparable to Vili ci-mpenzi.

Pronunciation

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Noun

שִׁימְפַּנְזֶה • (shimpanze) m

  1. chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape in the genus Pan, native to Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo)

References

  • “שימפנזה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

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