simian

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)

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

Synonyms

• apelike
• apely
• apish
• simial
• simious

Derived terms

• presimian
• prosimian
• simian crease
• simian immunodeficiency virus
• simian shelf
• simianity
• simianize
• simianization

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)

1. 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

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Esperanto

Adjective

simian

1. accusative singular of simia

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Romanian

Etymology

From French simien.

Noun

simian m (plural simieni)

1. 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