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Gorilla
Gorilla
gorilla
gorilla
English
A gorilla
Gorilla diorama
Noun
gorilla (plural gorillas)
- The largest of the apes, native to the forests of central Africa, and known for its trait of knuckle-walking
- A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.
Derived terms
Translations
ape
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thug
Dutch
Pronunciation
Noun
gorilla m (plural gorilla's, diminutive gorillaatje n)
- gorilla
Finnish
Noun
gorilla
Declension
| Inflection of gorilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gorilla | gorillat | |
| genitive | gorillan | gorilloiden gorilloitten gorillojen |
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| partitive | gorillaa | gorilloita gorilloja |
|
| illative | gorillaan | gorilloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gorilla | gorillat | |
| accusative | nom. | gorilla | gorillat |
| gen. | gorillan | ||
| genitive | gorillan | gorilloiden gorilloitten gorillojen gorillainrare |
|
| partitive | gorillaa | gorilloita gorilloja |
|
| inessive | gorillassa | gorilloissa | |
| elative | gorillasta | gorilloista | |
| illative | gorillaan | gorilloihin | |
| adessive | gorillalla | gorilloilla | |
| ablative | gorillalta | gorilloilta | |
| allative | gorillalle | gorilloille | |
| essive | gorillana | gorilloina | |
| translative | gorillaksi | gorilloiksi | |
| instructive | — | gorilloin | |
| abessive | gorillatta | gorilloitta | |
| comitative | — | gorilloineen | |
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡorilːɒ]
- Hyphenation: go‧ril‧la
Noun
gorilla (plural gorillák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gorilla | gorillák |
| accusative | gorillát | gorillákat |
| dative | gorillának | gorilláknak |
| instrumental | gorillával | gorillákkal |
| causal-final | gorilláért | gorillákért |
| translative | gorillává | gorillákká |
| terminative | gorilláig | gorillákig |
| essive-formal | gorillaként | gorillákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gorillában | gorillákban |
| superessive | gorillán | gorillákon |
| adessive | gorillánál | gorilláknál |
| illative | gorillába | gorillákba |
| sublative | gorillára | gorillákra |
| allative | gorillához | gorillákhoz |
| elative | gorillából | gorillákból |
| delative | gorilláról | gorillákról |
| ablative | gorillától | gorilláktól |
| Possessive forms of gorilla | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | gorillám | gorilláim |
| 2nd person sing. | gorillád | gorilláid |
| 3rd person sing. | gorillája | gorillái |
| 1st person plural | gorillánk | gorilláink |
| 2nd person plural | gorillátok | gorilláitok |
| 3rd person plural | gorillájuk | gorilláik |
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”)
Noun
gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer, definite plural gorillaene)
- a gorilla
References
- “gorilla” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”)
Noun
gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer or gorillaar, definite plural gorillaene or gorillaane)
- a gorilla
References
- “gorilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Noun
gorilla c
Declension
| Inflection of gorilla | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | gorilla | gorillan | gorillor | gorillorna |
| Genitive | gorillas | gorillans | gorillors | gorillornas |