szympans

Polish

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English chimpanzee, French chimpanzé, German Schimpanse, ultimately from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʂɘm.pans/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɘmpans
  • Syllabification: szym‧pans

Noun

szympans m animal (female equivalent szympansica, related adjective szympansi)

  1. chimpanzee (any hominid of the genus Pan)
  2. chimpanzee, chimp, common chimpanzee, robust chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
    Synonym: szympans zwyczajny
  3. (colloquial, derogatory, figurative) chimp (person to whom the speaker has a negative attitude)
    Synonym: małpa

Declension

Declension of szympans
singular plural
nominative szympans szympansy
genitive szympansa szympansów
dative szympansowi szympansom
accusative szympansa szympansy
instrumental szympansem szympansami
locative szympansie szympansach
vocative szympansie szympansy

Derived terms

nouns
  • szympansiątko

Further reading

  • szympans in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • szympans in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • szympans in PWN's encyclopedia
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