Meaning

2 senses
  1. Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.

  2. (dated)A great ape of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

    Schimpanse, Schimpansenmännchen, Schimpansen-Männchen

    шимпанзе́šimpanzé

    шимпанзе́šympanzé

More definitions
  • intelligent somewhat arboreal ape of equatorial African forests

Examples

38 sentences
  1. Which live longer, chimpanzees or baboons?

    Хто живе довше: шимпанзе чи бабуїни?

    ruКто дольше живёт, шимпанзе или бабуины?

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  2. Tom had never seen a chimpanzee before.

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  3. Tom works with chimpanzees at the zoo.

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  4. What do chimpanzees eat?

    ruЧто едят шимпанзе?

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  5. Chimpanzees are social animals.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
any hominid of the genus Pan:
Русский
any hominid of the genus Pan:
Deutsch
any hominid of the genus Pan:

Origin

The first recorded use of the name chimpanzee dates to 1738.

The first recorded use of the name chimpanzee dates to 1738.

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Forms

plural: chimpanzees
Singularchimpanzee
Pluralchimpanzees

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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