simian

See also: sìmiàn

English

WOTD – 29 July 2008

Etymology

From Latin sīmia (“ape, monkey”), from Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪm.i.ən/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (Australia):

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Adjective

simian (comparative more simian, superlative most simian)

1. Of or pertaining to apes and monkeys.
2. Bearing resemblance to an ape or monkey; apelike or monkeylike.
   • 2008 March 27, Roslyn Sulcas, “Exotica of Brazil in Motion”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 September 2024:

     In “Benguelê” (which refers to slaves’ nostalgic longing for Africa) he makes extensive use of crouching, stooped bodies in a simian, loping walk, arms hanging loosely and head down to suggest tribal dances, rituals, animals, a precivilization.

Synonyms

• apely
• apish
• monkeyish
• simial
• simious

Derived terms

• presimian
• prosimian
• simian crease
• simian immunodeficiency virus
• simianity
• simianization
• simianize
• simian line
• simianness
• simian shelf

Translations

of or pertaining to apes

• Arabic: قِرْدِيَّاتُ الشَّكْلِ (qirdiyyātu š-šakli)
• Belarusian: ма́лпіны (málpiny), ма́лпавы (málpavy)
• Bulgarian: майму́нски (majmúnski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 猴子的 (zh) (hóuzi de), 猿的 (zh) (yuán de)

• Czech: opičí (cs)
• Finnish: apina- (fi), apinoiden (fi) pl (genitive of noun)
• French: simien (fr)
• German: Affen- (de)
• Hungarian: majom (hu)
• Irish: simíoch, simiach
• Italian: scimmiatico
• Japanese: サルの (ja) (saru no)
• Korean: 원숭이의 (ko) (wonsung'i-ui)
• Macedonian: мајмунски (majmunski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ape-

• Polish: małpi (pl)
• Portuguese: símio (pt)
• Romanian: simian (ro)
• Russian: обезья́ний (ru) (obezʹjánij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ма̀јмунскӣ

  Latin: màjmunskī (sh)

• Slovak: opičí
• Slovene: opičji
• Spanish: símico
• Swedish: ap- (sv)
• Ukrainian: мавпи́ний (mavpýnyj), ма́впячий (mávpjačyj)

resembling an ape

• Finnish: apinamainen
• German: äffisch (de), affig (de)
• Greek: πιθηκοειδής (el) (pithikoeidís), πιθηκόμορφος (el) (pithikómorfos)
• Hungarian: majomszerű (hu)
• Irish: simíoch, simiach
• Italian: scimmiatico
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: apelignende, apeaktig

• Polish: małpi (pl)
• Portuguese: símio (pt), simiesco (pt)
• Spanish: símico, simiesco

Noun

simian (plural simians)

1. An ape or monkey, especially an anthropoid (infraorder Simiiformes).
   • 1959, H. G. Coulter, Time for Rebellion: A Play and Preface, page 14:

     The simians would require no special orientation courses to teach them the reasons for fighting, such as, “To make the world safe for Demagocracy,” or whatnot.

Synonyms

• (ape or monkey): anthropoid, ape, monkey, primate

Derived terms

• Palesimian

Translations

an ape or monkey

• Bulgarian: човекоподобна маймуна f (čovekopodobna majmuna)
• Finnish: apina (fi)
• Irish: simíoch m, simiach m
• Navajo: mágí
• Polish: małpa człekokształtna f, antropoid (pl) m anim
• Portuguese: símio (pt) m
• Romanian: simian (ro) m
• Serbo-Croatian: majmun (sh) m
• Spanish: simio (es) m
• Ukrainian: мавповиді n pl (mavpovydi)

Anagrams

• Aminis, Misnia, saimin

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈmian/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ian
• Syllabification: si‧mi‧an

Adjective

simian

1. accusative singular of simia

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French simien. By surface analysis, simie + -an.

Noun

simian m (plural simieni)

1. simian

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	simian	simianul	simieni	simienii
genitive-dative	simian	simianului	simieni	simienilor
vocative	simianule		simienilor