Affe

Signification (Anglais)

1. (masculine,weak) monkey or ape (male or female or of unspecified sex)
2. (abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis,masculine,weak) ellipsis of Fellaffe., a kind of furry military knapsack
3. (masculine,regional,slang,weak) drunkenness, alcohol intoxication

Concepts

singe

🐒

guenon

primates

sac

singer

Singe

singe anthropoïde

macaca

hominoïdé

banane

🍌

shen

dandy

macaque

Synonymes

Menschenaffe

Primaten

Rausch

nachäffen

Geck

Gent

Glimmer

Männchen

Pavian

reizend

Schwips

Stutzer

Tornister

Schönling

Makak

Macaca

Seidenäffchen

allein

Laffe

Arbeitsanzug

Dandy

ein

1

Coupé comme

Af‧fe

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈafə]

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle High German affe, from Old High German affo, from Proto-West Germanic *apō, from Proto-Germanic *apô.
The sense of drunkenness has been traced to the late 18ᵗʰ century, allegedly playing on the homophony of Czech opice (“monkey or ape”) and opít se (“to get drunk”), though the image of a monkey being a possessing demon is translingual, and thus Spanish mona (“she-ape”) also means drunkenness, Spanish mono (“he-ape”) withdrawal symptoms, English monkey a substance (typically, a recreational drug) addiction.