English [ ]
File:Monkey batu.jpg A monkey.
Etymology [ ]
Template:Gml [[Category:Template:Gml derivations|Monkey]] Moneke (cf. Old French Monequin ), name of the son of Martin the Ape in Reynard the Fox , from Old Spanish mona 'mona monkey', shortening of mamona , variant of maimón , from Arabic ميمون (maimūn ) 'monkey', literally 'blessed', used to ward off the monkey's bad luck.
Pronunciation [ ]
Noun [ ]
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Singular
Monkey
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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 .
( informal ) A mischievous child.
Stop misbehaving, you little monkey !
( British , slang ) Five-hundred pounds sterling .
( slang ) A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
( slang ) A person with minimal inteligence and/or (bad) looks .
( rare, pejorative , slang ) A dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent. See also nigger and/or jigaboo .
( slang ) A face card in blackjack
Translations [ ]
primate
Afrikaans : aap af (af) m.
Albanian: majmun sq (sq) m.
Amharic : [[ዝንጀሮ#Template:Am |ዝንጀሮ ]] (zənjäro)
Arabic: قرد (qerd) m.
Egyptian: قرد (’ird) m.
Armenian: կապիկ hy (hy) (kapik)
Azeri : meymun az (az)
Bashkir : маймыл (maymıl)
Basque : tximino eu (eu)
Bengali: please add this translation if you can
Bosnian: majmun bs (bs) m.
Bulgarian: маймуна bg (bg) f. , маймун bg (bg) m.
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan : mico ca (ca) m.
Chamicuro : katujkana
Chechen : маймал (maymal)
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎴᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ chr (chr) (adalesgiyisgi)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 猴子 (hóuzi)
Chuvash : упăте (upăte)
Crimean Tatar : şamek
Croatian: majmun hr (hr) m.
Czech: opičák m. , opice f.
Danish: abe da (da) c.
Dutch: aap nl (nl) m. , apin nl (nl) f.
Egyptian : qephi (derived from kapi )
Esperanto: simio eo (eo)
Estonian: pärdik , ahv
Faroese: apa fo (fo) f.
Finnish: apina fi (fi) (includes apes )
French: singe fr (fr) m. , guenon fr (fr) f.
Gagauz : [[maymun#Template:Gag |maymun ]]
Georgian: მაიმუნი ka (ka) (maimuni)
German: Affe de (de) m.
Greek: πίθηκος el (el) (píthikos) m.
Hebrew: קוף (koff) m.
Hindi: बन्दर (bandar) m. , वानर (vānar) m. , कपि (kapi) m.
Hungarian: majom hu (hu)
Icelandic: api is (is) m.
Indonesian: kera id (id) , monyet id (id)
Interlingua : simia
Irish: moncaí ga (ga) m. , mwnci ga (ga)
Italian: scimmia it (it) f.
Japanese: 猿 (さる , サル , saru)
Karachay-Balkar : [[маймул#Template:Krc |маймул ]] (maymul)
Kazakh: маймыл kk (kk) (maymıl)
Khakas : [[сараамӌын#Template:Kjh |сараамӌын ]] (saraamcın)
Khmer : ស្វា (swaa)
Korean: 원숭이 (wonsung-i)
Kumyk : [[маймун#Template:Kum |маймун ]] (maymun)
Kurdish: مهیمون
Kyrgyz : маймыл ky (ky) (maymıl)
Lao : ລີງ (liing)
Latin: simia la (la) m. and f.
Latvian: mērkaķis lv (lv)
Lithuanian: beždžionė lt (lt) f.
Luganda : nkima
Luhya : ekhima
Luo : onger
Macedonian : мајмун mk (mk) (májmun) m.
Malagasy: please add this translation if you can
Malay: monyet ms (ms)
Malayalam : കുരങ്ങന് (kurangan) m.
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Marathi : माकड (mākad), वानर (vānar)
Mongolian: сармагчин (sarmagčin)
Navajo: mágí
Norwegian:
O'odham : chahngo
Occitan : monin oc (oc) , monard oc (oc)
Bokmål: ape no (no) m. , apekatt no (no) m.
Old English: please add this translation if you can
Old Norse: api m.
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Pashto : بيزو ps (ps) (bizo) f.
Persian: بوزینه fa (fa) , میمون fa (fa) (meymōn), کپی fa (fa) (kapi)
Polish: małpa pl (pl) f.
Portuguese: macaco pt (pt) m.
Punjabi : ਬੰਦਰ pa (pa) m.
Romanian: maimuţă ro (ro) f.
Russian: обезьяна ru (ru) (obez’jána) f.
Sanskrit: वानरः (vānarah)
Sardinian : moninca f.
Serbian:
Cyrillic: мајмун sr (sr) m.
Roman: majmun m.
Slovak: opica sk (sk) f.
Slovene: opica sl (sl) f.
Spanish: mono es (es) m. , chango es (es) m. ( Mexico ) , mico es (es) m. ( Colombia )
Swahili: tumbili sw (sw) (nc 9/10)
Swedish: apa sv (sv) c.
Tamil : குறங்கு (kuRangu)
Tatar : maymıl tt (tt)
Telugu : కోతి te (te) (kOti), వానరము te (te) (vAnaramu)
Thai: ลิง th (th) (ling)
Turkish: maymun tr (tr)
Turkmen: maýmyn tk (tk)
Tuvan : [[сарбашкын#Template:Tyv |сарбашкын ]] (sarbaşqın)
Urdu: بندر (bandar), وانر (vānar), کپی (kapi)
Uzbek: maymun uz (uz)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: mwnci cy (cy) m.
Yakut : [[эбисийээнэ#Template:Sah |эбисийээнэ ]] (ebisiyeene)
Zulgo-Gemzek : ŋgìlìŋ
mischievous child
Dutch: apenjong , brutale aap
Finnish: apina fi (fi)
Macedonian : мајмунче mk (mk) (májmunče) n.
Slovene: afna sl (sl)
UK slang: five hundred pounds sterling
Verb [ ]
Infinitive
to Monkey
Third person singular
monkeys
Simple past
monkeyed or monkied
Past participle
-
Present participle
monkeying
to Monkey (third-person singular simple present monkeys , present participle monkeying , simple past and past participle monkeyed or monkied )
( 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.
Derived terms [ ]
Terms derived from the noun or verb monkey
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