chimpanzé

French

Etymology

Borrowed from an unspecified Bantu language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛ̃.pɑ̃.ze/

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Noun

chimpanzé m (plural chimpanzés)

1. chimpanzee (ape)

Descendants

• →? English: chimpanzee
• → Danish: chimpanse
• → Dutch: chimpansee
  • → Indonesian: simpansé
• → Portuguese: chimpanzé
• → Spanish: chimpancé

See also

• singe

Further reading

• “chimpanzé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

chimpanzé (Pan troglodytes)

Etymology

Borrowed from French chimpanzé.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʃĩ.pɐ̃ˈzɛ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃĩ.pɐ̃ˈzɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʃĩ.pɐ̃ˈzɛ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃĩ.pɐ̃ˈzɛ/

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: chim‧pan‧zé

Noun

chimpanzé m (plural chimpanzés)

1. chimpanzee