simio

See also: símio

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sīmia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [siˈmio]

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• Rhymes: -io
• Hyphenation: si‧mi‧o

Noun

simio (accusative singular simion, plural simioj, accusative plural simiojn)

1. simian, monkey

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto simio, English simian, French singe, Italian scimmia, Spanish simio, all from Latin sīmius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsi.mi.o/, /ˈsim.jo/

Noun

simio (plural simii)

1. simian, monkey, primate

   La simio forraptis e manjis ilia banani. ― The monkey stole and ate their bananas.

Latin

Noun

sīmiō

1. dative/ablative singular of sīmius

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sīmius. Compare jimio, jimia, Old Spanish ximia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsimjo/ [ˈsi.mjo]

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• Rhymes: -imjo
• Syllabification: si‧mio

Noun

simio m (plural simios)

1. ape, monkey

Derived terms

• gran simio

 

Further reading

• “simio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014