simian

See also: sìmiàn

English

WOTD – 29 July 2008

Etymology

From Latin sīmia (“ape, monkey”), from Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪm.i.ən/
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Adjective

simian (comparative more simian, superlative most simian)

Of or pertaining to apes; apelike.
Bearing resemblance to an ape.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

of or pertaining to apes

Arabic: قِرْدِيّ‎ (qirdiyy)
Belarusian: ма́лпіны (málpiny), ма́лпавы (málpavy)
Bulgarian: майму́нски (majmúnski)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 猴子的 (zh) (hóuzi de), 猿的 (zh) (yuán de)
Czech: opičí (cs)
Finnish: apina- (fi), apinoiden (fi) pl (genitive of noun)
French: simien (fr)
German: Affen- (de)
Hungarian: majom (hu)
Irish: simíoch, simiach
Italian: scimmiatico
Japanese: サルの (ja) (saru no)
Korean: 원숭이의 (ko) (wonsung'i-ui)
Macedonian: мајмунски (majmunski)
Polish: małpi (pl)
Portuguese: símio (pt)
Romanian: simian (ro)
Russian: обезья́ний (ru) (obezʹjánij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ма̀јмунскӣ

Roman: màjmunskī (sh)
Slovak: opičí
Slovene: opičji
Spanish: símico
Swedish: ap- (sv)
Ukrainian: мавпи́ний (mavpýnyj), ма́впячий (mávpjačyj)

resembling an ape

Finnish: apinamainen
German: äffisch (de), affig (de)
Greek: πιθηκοειδής (el) (pithikoeidís), πιθηκόμορφος (el) (pithikómorfos)
Hungarian: majomszerű (hu)
Irish: simíoch, simiach
Italian: scimmiatico
Polish: małpi (pl)
Portuguese: símio (pt), simiesco (pt)
Spanish: símico, simiesco

Noun

simian (plural simians)

An ape or monkey, especially an anthropoid.

Synonyms

(ape or monkey): anthropoid, ape, monkey, primate

Translations

an ape or monkey

Bulgarian: човекоподобна маймуна f (čovekopodobna majmuna)
Finnish: apina (fi)
Irish: simíoch m, simiach m
Navajo: mágí
Polish: antropoid (pl) m, małpa człekokształtna f
Portuguese: símio (pt) m
Romanian: simian (ro) m
Serbo-Croatian: majmun (sh) m
Spanish: simio (es) m
Ukrainian: мавповиді n pl (mavpovydi)

Anagrams

Aminis, Misnia, saimin

Esperanto

Adjective

simian

accusative singular of simia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French simien.

Noun

simian m (plural simieni)

simian

Declension

Declension of simian

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) simian	simianul	(niște) simieni	simienii
genitive/dative	(unui) simian	simianului	(unor) simieni	simienilor
vocative	simianule		simienilor

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