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bonobo en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /bəˈnoʊ̯ˌboʊ̯/ (US)
  • /ˈbɒ.nəˌboʊ̯/ (UK, US)
  • /bəˈnəʊ̯ˌbəʊ̯/ (UK)

Etymology

From Bolobo, a village on the Congo River where Europeans first made contact with the species. Bolobo is possibly imitative of the bubbling of the rapids at that section of the Congo.

Meanings

  1. A great ape, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.

Forms

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bonobos Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

primate

Synonyms

pygmy chimpanzee · hippie chimp · dwarf chimpanzee

Translations (35)

da bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · de Bonobo-Männchen (pygmy chimpanzee) · he בונובו (pygmy chimpanzee) · sv dvärgschimpans (pygmy chimpanzee) · pl bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · ko 보노보 (pygmy chimpanzee) · ja ボノボ (pygmy chimpanzee) · de Bonoboweibchen (pygmy chimpanzee) · sv bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · pt bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · fr bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · es bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · ast bonobu (pygmy chimpanzee) · vi tinh tinh lùn (pygmy chimpanzee) · ro bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · fi bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · hu bonobó (pygmy chimpanzee) · de Bonobo-Weibchen (pygmy chimpanzee) · ckb بۆنۆبۆ (pygmy chimpanzee) · pl szympans karłowaty (pygmy chimpanzee) · th โบโนโบ (pygmy chimpanzee) · ro cimpanzeu pitic (pygmy chimpanzee) · pl szympans bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · cmn 倭黑猩猩 (pygmy chimpanzee) · da dværgchimpanse (pygmy chimpanzee) · de Bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · fi kongonsimpanssi (pygmy chimpanzee) · as বন’ব’ (pygmy chimpanzee) · ru боно́бо (pygmy chimpanzee) · cmn 倭猩猩 (pygmy chimpanzee) · nl bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · tr bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) · de Zwergschimpanse (pygmy chimpanzee) · bo བོ་ནོ་བོ (pygmy chimpanzee) · de Bonobomännchen (pygmy chimpanzee)