talapoin

English

a talapoin

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• tallapoi (archaic)

Etymology

From French talapoin, from Portuguese talapão, from Mon တၠဳ ပိုဲ (tloe poi, “our lord”).

Noun

talapoin (plural talapoins)

1. A monkey from one of two species of Old World monkeys, of the genus Miopithecus, distinguished by a short-snouted head with a hairless face.
2. (archaic, Buddhism) A Buddhist monk or priest.

Translations

monkey in the genus Miopithecus

• French: talapoin (fr) m
• German: Zwergmeerkatzen f
• Lithuanian: nykštukinės markatos
• Russian: талапойн m (talapojn)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese talapão, from Mon တၠဳ ပိုဲ (tloe poi, “our lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.la.pwɛ̃/

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Noun

talapoin m (plural talapoins)

1. talapoin (monkey in the genus Miopithecus)
2. Buddhist monk or priest, particularly in Burma or Thailand

Further reading

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