gibbon

Etymology

From French gibbon.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪbən

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.

References

• gibbon at OneLook Dictionary Search
• gibbon in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• gibbon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• gobbin

Pronunciation

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Noun

gibbon m (plural gibbons, diminutive gibbonnetje n)

1. gibbon

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

Further reading

• “gibbon” in the Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “gibbon” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).