szympans

Polish

szympans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʂɨm.pans/

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• Rhymes: -ɨmpans
• 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