ape

Signification (English)

1. A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
2. Any such primate other than a human.
3. An uncivilized person.
4. One who apes; a foolish imitator.

singe

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guenon

singe anthropoïde

hominoïdé

imitate servilely

imiate

anthropoid ape

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/eɪp/

Inherited from moyen anglais

Inherited from ancien anglais

Cognate with écossais

Cognate with frison occidental

Cognate with néerlandais

Cognate with bas-allemand

Cognate with allemand

Cognate with suédois

Cognate with islandais

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”), 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”).

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