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Gibbon

Gibbon

See also: gibbon

English

Proper noun

Gibbon

  1. A surname.

German

Noun

Gibbon m (genitive Gibbons, plural Gibbons)

  1. gibbon

gibbon

gibbon

See also: Gibbon

English

A lar gibbon

Noun

gibbon (plural gibbons)

  1. A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which it uses to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.

Translations


Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

gibbon m (plural gibbons, diminutive gibbonnetje n)

  1. gibbon

French

Etymology

Brought to Europe from French India by Joseph François Dupleix, supposedly a word from a lost Indian dialect.

Noun

gibbon m (plural gibbons)

  1. Gibbon