gorilla
English
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Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women)”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone; the Greek word is likely from Punic, and ultimately from an African language.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/, (dated) /ɡɒˈɹɪl.ə/[1][2]
- (US) IPA(key): /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/
- Rhymes: -ɪlə
- Homophone: guerrilla
Noun
[edit]gorilla (plural gorillas)
- The largest of the apes, belonging to the genus Gorilla, native to the forests of central Africa and known for their trait of knuckle-walking.
- 1893, Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 27, pages 133, 135:
- In three of these twenty gorillæ 14 ribs are present, and the additional rib in each of them is below. […] The conclusion that the usual place of commencement of the dorsal type in the gorilla is between the 12th and 13th dorsal vertebræ is founded on notes taken of this character in 13 of these gorillæ.
- A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.
- 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed[1]:
- "I'll do the old gorilla the justice to say that he is open-handed with money."
- (informal) A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth.
- 1977, Computerworld, volume 11, number 19, page 58:
- The two industry gorillas — IBM and AT&T — will get together to decide who will provide different communications services, Biddle stated.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]ape
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thug
References
[edit]- ^ The Chambers Dictionary, 9th Ed., 2003
- ^ “gorilla”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch gorilla or English gorilla.
Noun
[edit]gorilla (plural gorillas, diminutive gorillatjie)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from translingual Gorilla.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gorilla m (plural gorilla's, diminutive gorillaatje n)
Derived terms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English gorilla, from Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gorilla
Declension
[edit]| Inflection of gorilla (Kotus type 13/katiska, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | gorilla | gorillat | |
| genitive | gorillan | gorilloiden gorilloitten gorillojen | |
| partitive | gorillaa | gorilloita gorilloja | |
| illative | gorillaan | gorilloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | gorilla | gorillat | |
| accusative | nom. | gorilla | gorillat |
| gen. | gorillan | ||
| genitive | gorillan | gorilloiden gorilloitten gorillojen gorillain rare | |
| 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 | |
| abessive | gorillatta | gorilloitta | |
| instructive | — | gorilloin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
[edit]compounds
Further reading
[edit]- “gorilla”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Hungarian
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gorilla (plural gorillák)
Declension
[edit]| 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 |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
gorilláé | gorilláké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
gorilláéi | gorillákéi |
| 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 |
Further reading
[edit]- gorilla in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Ingrian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Russian горилла (gorilla).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɡorilːɑ/, [ˈɡo̞riɫː]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɡorilːɑ/, [ˈko̞riɫːɑ]
- Rhymes: -orilː, -orilːɑ
- Hyphenation: go‧ril‧la
Noun
[edit]gorilla
- gorilla
- 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 62:
- Șimpanze ja gorilla elläät Afrikaas.
- The chimpanzee and the gorilla live in Africa.
Declension
[edit]| Declension of gorilla (type 3/kana, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gorilla | gorillat |
| genitive | gorillan | gorilloin |
| partitive | gorillaa | gorilloja |
| illative | gorillaa | gorilloihe |
| inessive | gorillaas | gorillois |
| elative | gorillast | gorilloist |
| allative | gorillalle | gorilloille |
| adessive | gorillaal | gorilloil |
| ablative | gorillalt | gorilloilt |
| translative | gorillaks | gorilloiks |
| essive | gorillanna, gorillaan | gorilloinna, gorilloin |
| exessive1) | gorillant | gorilloint |
| 1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive. | ||
Italian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gorilla m (invariable)
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”).
Noun
[edit]gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer, definite plural gorillaene)
- a gorilla
References
[edit]- “gorilla” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”).
Noun
[edit]gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer or gorillaar, definite plural gorillaene or gorillaane)
- a gorilla
References
[edit]- “gorilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]gorilla c
Declension
[edit]Declension of gorilla
West Frisian
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
[edit]gorilla c (plural gorilla's)
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