Image:Monkey batu.jpg|thumb|A monkey.
English
Pronunciation
wikipedia
AHD|mÅngki
IPA|/�m��ki/
SAMPA|/"mVNki/
audio|en-us-monkey.ogg|Audio (US)
Etymology
From LG.; compare MLG. Moneke, name of the ape's son in the tale of Reynard the Fox.
Noun
en-noun
- Any of several members of the infra-order Simiiformes of primates, generally smaller than the apes, and distinguished from them by having a tail and cheek pouches.
- context|informal A mischievous child.
#: Stop misbehaving, you little monkey!
- context|UK|slang Five-hundred pounds sterling.
- slang A person or the role of the person on the sidecar platform of a motorcycle involved in sidecar racing.
Translations
trans-top|primate
Albanian: t-|sq|majmun|m|xs=Albanian
Arabic: Arab|�رد (qerd) m
Bosnian: t-|bs|majmun|m
Bulgarian: майм�на#Bulgarian|майм�на f, майм�н#Bulgarian|майм�н m
Catalan: mico m
Cherokee: á� á��á�´á��á�©á�±á��á�© (adalesgiyisgi)
Chinese:
Croatian: t+|hr|majmun|m
Czech: opi�ák m, opice f
Danish: t+|da|abe|c
Dutch: t+|nl|aap|m, t+|nl|apin|f
Egyptian: qephi (derived from kapi)
Esperanto: simio
Estonian: pärdik, ahv
Faroese: t+|fo|apa|f|xs=Faroese
Finnish: apina (includes apes)
French: t+|fr|singe|m, t+|fr|guenon|f
German: t+|de|Affe|m
Greek: t+|el|Ï�ίθηκοÏ�|m|trpÃthÄ�kos|scGrek
Hebrew: ק�ף (koff) m
Hindi: बन�दर (bandar) m, वानर (v�nar) m, �पि (kapi) m
Hungarian: t+|hu|majom
Icelandic: t+|is|api|m
Indonesian: t+|id|kera|xsIndonesian, t+|id|monyet|xsIndonesian
Italian: t+|it|scimmia|f
Japanese: � (��, ��, saru)
Korean: ì��ì�ì�´ (wonsung-i)
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Kurdish: KUchar|������� g|Kurdish
Latin: t+|la|simia|m|f
Luganda: nkima
Malay: t-|ms|monyet|xs=Malay
Malayalam: ��ര���ന� (kurangan) m
Marathi: मा�ड (m�kad)
Mongolian: �а�маг�ин (sarmagchin)
Old Norse: api m
O'odham: chahngo
Polish: t+|pl|ma�pa|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|macaco|m
Romanian: t+|ro|maimuţ�|f
Russian: обез��на (obez�jána) f
Sanskrit: वानर� (v�narah) g|Sanskrit
Sardinian: moninca f
Serbian:
Slovak: t-|sk|opica|f
Slovene: t+|sl|opica|f
Spanish: mono#Spanish|mono m, mico m, chango m (Mexican Spanish)
Swahili: t-|sw|tumbili|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|apa|c
Tamil: ��ற���� (kuRangu)
Telugu: t|te|��తి|scTelu (kOti), t|te|వానరమ�|scTelu (vAnaramu)
Thai: Thai|ลิ� (ling)
Turkish: t+|tr|maymun
Urdu: URchar|ب�در (bandar), URchar|�ا�ر (v�nar), URchar|کپ� (kapi) g|Urdu
Zulgo-Gemzek: �gìlì�
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trans-top|mischievous child
Dutch: apenjong, brutale aap
trans-mid
Slovene: t-|sl|afna
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trans-top|UK slang: five hundred pounds sterling
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Verb
en-verb|monkeys|monkeying|mokeyed or monkied|mokeyed or monkied
- informal To meddle; to mess with; to interfere; to fiddle.
#: ''Please don't monkey with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.
Related terms
top2
code monkey
I'll be a monkey's uncle
monkey's uncle
monkey around
monkey bars
monkey boy
monkey business
monkey humping a football
monkey man
mid2
monkeynut
monkey trial
monkey up
monkey script
monkey see, monkey do
monkeyshines
New World monkey
Old World monkey
powder monkey
spank the monkey
See also
ape
primate
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