Affe

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

aap

🐒

apin

sim

primaten

mensaap

🐒

apen

Aap

apenjong

Synoniemen

Menschenaffe

Primaten

Rausch

nachäffen

🐒

Geck

Gent

Glimmer

Männchen

Pavian

reizend

Schwips

Stutzer

Tornister

Schönling

Makak

Macaca

Seidenäffchen

allein

Laffe

Arbeitsanzug

Dandy

ein

1

Vertalingen

monkey

🐒

singe

🐒

scimmia

🐒

mono

macaco

🐒

ape

🐒

maymun

🐒

simia

πίθηκος

mico

🐒

simio

🐒

قرد

🐒

μαϊμού

símio

Dialecten

Basel-Landschaft

aff

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

[ˈafə]

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelhoogduits: affe

Overgenomen van Oudhoogduits: affo

Geleend van Tsjechisch: opice

Verwant aan Spaans: mona

Verwant aan Spaans: mono

Verwant aan Engels: monkey

In summary

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.