scimmia

Meaning

1. (feminine) monkey, simian
2. (feminine, figuratively) aper, mimic, imitator
3. (feminine, figuratively, regional) drunk (drunken state)
4. (feminine, slang) (drug) addiction; withdrawal

Concepts

monkey

🐒

ape

🐒

primate

Barbary ape

chimp

simian

all fours

Synonyms

primate

primati

quadrumane

ominide

Translations

singe

🐒

Affe

🐒

mono

macaco

🐒

aap

🐒

πίθηκος

mico

🐒

simia

maymun

🐒

simio

🐒

قرد

🐒

apin

μαϊμού

guenon

Hyphenated as

scìm‧mia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃim.mja/

Etymology

From earlier scimia, Latin sīmia, from Ancient Greek σῑμός (sīmós, “snub-nosed”). For more examples of initial s- palatalized to sci-, see scialiva, scempio, sciringa (doublet of siringa). Compare Sicilian scìmia.