ape

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
2. Any such primate other than a human.
3. (derogatory) An uncivilized person.
4. One who apes; a foolish imitator.
5. (ethnic, offensive, slur) A black person.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To behave like an ape.
2. (transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.

Adj

Wild; crazy.

Sinonieme

monkey

🐒

imitate

mimic

copy

mock

simian

primate

baboon

chimpanzee

copycat

gorilla

🦍

anthropoid

chimp

aper

emulate

mime

emulator

parody

caricature

duplicate

imitator

counterfeit

imitate servilely

chime in

join in

great ape

imiate

anthropoid ape

barbarian

crazy

echo

fake

follow

follow suit

forge

gibbon

impersonate

jackanapes

kind of

macaque

make fun of

orangutan

🦧

parrot

🦜

reproduce

simulate

stooge

take off

thug

wild

Vertalings

singe

🐒

Affe

🐒

mono

scimmia

🐒

aap

🐒

πίθηκος

macaco

🐒

simia

maymun

🐒

simio

🐒

mico

🐒

μαϊμού

nachäffen

🐒

apin

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/eɪp/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: ape

Geërf van Old English: apa

Verwante met Skots: aip

Verwante met Fries: aap

Verwante met Nederlands: aap

Verwante met Nederduits: Ape

Verwante met Duits: Affe

Verwante met Sweeds: apa

Verwante met Yslands: api

In summary

From Middle English ape, from Old English apa (“ape, monkey”), from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô (“monkey, ape”), possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“water”), compare Proto-Celtic *abū (“river”) (hence English place name Avon, Irish abha, Welsh afon), if the word originally referred to a "water sprite". Traditionally assumed to be an ancient loanword instead, ultimately probably from an unidentified non-Indo-European language of regions in Africa or Asia where monkeys are native. Cognate with Scots aip (“ape”), West Frisian aap (“ape”), Dutch aap (“monkey, ape”), Low German Ape (“ape”), German Affe (“monkey, ape”), Swedish apa (“monkey, ape”), Icelandic api (“ape”).