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gibbon

See also: Gibbon

English

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A lar gibbon

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Reborrowing from French gibbon, folk etymology (compare English Gibbon)[1] ultimately from a Northern Aslian language (compare Batek kəboɲ).[2]

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gibbon (plural gibbons)

  1. A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.
    • 1950, Evelyn Waugh, Helena:
      ' […] Suppose that in years to come, when the Church's troubles seem to be over, there should come an apostate of my own trade, a false historian, with the mind of Cicero or Tacitus and the soul of an animal,' and he nodded towards the gibbon who fretted his golden chain and chattered for fruit.

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References

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  1. ^ Skeat, Walter William (1910), “gibbon”, in An etymological dictionary of the English language, Oxford: Clarendon, page 778.
  2. ^ Lim, Teckwyn (2020), "An Aslian origin for the word gibbon", in Lexis Link

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gibbon.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɪ.bɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: gib‧bon

Noun

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gibbon m (plural gibbons)

  1. gibbon, primate of the family Hylobatidae

French

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Etymology

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Brought to Europe from French India by Joseph François Dupleix, probably from an English folk etymology (compare English Gibbon)[1] with an Aslian root.[2]

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Noun

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gibbon m (plural gibbons)

  1. Gibbon

References

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  1. ^ Skeat, Walter William (1910), “gibbon”, in An etymological dictionary of the English language, Oxford: Clarendon, page 778.
  2. ^ Lim, Teckwyn (2020), "An Aslian origin for the word gibbon", in Lexis Link

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