Complete Definition of "monkey"

Image:Monkey batu.jpg|thumb|A monkey.
English

Pronunciation
wikipedia
AHD|mÅ­ngki
IPA|/ˈmʌŋki/
SAMPA|/"mVNki/
audio|en-us-monkey.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
From LG.; compare MLG. Moneke, name of the ape's son in the tale of Reynard the Fox.

Noun
en-noun

  1. Any of several members of the infra-order Simiiformes of primates, generally smaller than the apes, and distinguished from them by having a tail and cheek pouches.
  2. context|informal A mischievous child.

#: Stop misbehaving, you little monkey!

  1. context|UK|slang Five-hundred pounds sterling.
  2. slang A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
Translations
trans-top|primate
Albanian: t-|sq|majmun|m|xs=Albanian
Arabic: Arab|قرد (qerd) m
Bosnian: t-|bs|majmun|m
Bulgarian: маймуна#Bulgarian|маймуна f, маймун#Bulgarian|маймун m
Catalan: mico m
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎴᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ (adalesgiyisgi)
Chinese:
Croatian: t+|hr|majmun|m
Czech: opičák m, opice f
Danish: t+|da|abe|c
Dutch: t+|nl|aap|m, t+|nl|apin|f
Egyptian: qephi (derived from kapi)
Esperanto: simio
Estonian: pärdik, ahv
Faroese: t+|fo|apa|f|xs=Faroese
Finnish: apina (includes apes)
French: t+|fr|singe|m, t+|fr|guenon|f
German: t+|de|Affe|m
Greek: t+|el|πίθηκος|m|trpíthēkos|scGrek
Hebrew: קוף (koff) m
Hindi: बन्दर (bandar) m, वानर (vānar) m, कपि (kapi) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|majom
Icelandic: t+|is|api|m
Indonesian: t+|id|kera|xsIndonesian, t+|id|monyet|xsIndonesian
Italian: t+|it|scimmia|f
Japanese: 猿 (さる, サル, saru)
Korean: 원숭이 (wonsung-i)
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Kurdish: KUchar|مه‌یمون g|Kurdish
Latin: t+|la|simia|m|f
Luganda: nkima
Malay: t-|ms|monyet|xs=Malay
Malayalam: കുരങ്ങന് (kurangan) m
Marathi: माकड (mākad)
Mongolian: сармагчин (sarmagchin)
Old Norse: api m
O'odham: chahngo
Polish: t+|pl|małpa|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|macaco|m
Romanian: t+|ro|maimuţă|f
Russian: обезьяна (obez’jána) f
Sanskrit: वानरः (vānarah) g|Sanskrit
Sardinian: moninca f
Serbian:

Slovak: t-|sk|opica|f
Slovene: t+|sl|opica|f
Spanish: mono#Spanish|mono m, mico m, chango m (Mexican Spanish)
Swahili: t-|sw|tumbili|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|apa|c
Tamil: குறங்கு (kuRangu)
Telugu: t|te|కోతి|scTelu (kOti), t|te|వానరము|scTelu (vAnaramu)
Thai: Thai|ลิง (ling)
Turkish: t+|tr|maymun
Urdu: URchar|بندر (bandar), URchar|وانر (vānar), URchar|کپی (kapi) g|Urdu
Zulgo-Gemzek: ŋgìlìŋ
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trans-top|mischievous child
Dutch: apenjong, brutale aap
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Slovene: t-|sl|afna
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trans-top|UK slang: five hundred pounds sterling

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Verb
en-verb|monkeys|monkeying|mokeyed or monkied|mokeyed or monkied

  1. informal To meddle; to mess with; to interfere; to fiddle.

#: ''Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.

Related terms
top2
code monkey
I'll be a monkey's uncle
monkey's uncle
monkey around
monkey bars
monkey boy
monkey business
monkey humping a football
monkey man
mid2
monkeynut
monkey trial
monkey up
monkey script
monkey see, monkey do
monkeyshines
New World monkey
Old World monkey
powder monkey
spank the monkey

See also
ape
primate

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Primates

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