talapoin
English
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a talapoin
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- tallapoi (archaic)
Etymology
From French talapoin, from Portuguese talapão, from Mon တၠဳ ပိုဲ (tloe poi, “our lord”).
Noun
talapoin (plural talapoins)
- A monkey from one of two species of Old World monkeys, of the genus Miopithecus, distinguished by a short-snouted head with a hairless face.
- (archaic, Buddhism) A Buddhist monk or priest.
Translations
monkey in the genus Miopithecus
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French
Etymology
From Portuguese talapão, from Mon တၠဳ ပိုဲ (tloe poi, “our lord”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.la.pwɛ̃/
Audio (Switzerland) (file)
Noun
talapoin m (plural talapoins)
- talapoin (monkey in the genus Miopithecus)
- Buddhist monk or priest, particularly in Burma or Thailand
Further reading
- “talapoin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.