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- [gib-uh n]
- /ˈgɪb ən/
- /ˈɡɪb.ən/
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- [gib-uh n]
- /ˈgɪb ən/
Definitions of gibbon word
- noun gibbon Edward, 1737–94, English historian. 1
- noun gibbon A small, slender tree-dwelling ape with long powerful arms and loud hooting calls, native to the forests of Southeast Asia. 1
- noun gibbon small ape 1
- countable noun gibbon A gibbon is an ape with very long arms and no tail that lives in southern Asia. 0
- noun gibbon any small agile arboreal anthropoid ape of the genus Hylobates, inhabiting forests in S Asia 0
- noun gibbon Edward. 1737–94, English historian; author of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776–88), controversial in its historical criticism of Christianity 0
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Origin of gibbon
First appearance:
before 1760 One of the 46% newest English words
From French, dating back to 1760-70, name of uncertain origin used by Buffon
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Parts of speech for Gibbon
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gibbon popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for gibbon
noun gibbon
- hominoid — Anthropology. a member of the biological superfamily Hominoidea, including all modern great apes and humans and a number of their extinct ancestors and relatives.
- monkey — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- human — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- man — Unix manual page
- anthropoid — resembling man
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