Masculine
Affe
Meaning
- (masculine, weak) monkey or ape (male or female or of unspecified sex)
- (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, masculine, weak) ellipsis of Fellaffe, a kind of furry military knapsack
- (masculine, regional, slang, weak) drunkenness, alcohol intoxication
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
singe
mono
scimmia
aap
macaco
maymun
simia
πίθηκος
mico
قردFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈafə]
Etymology
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.
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