gorilla

See also: Gorilla and goril·la

English

A gorilla
Taxidermied specimen at the American Museum of Natural History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, a tribe of hairy women), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə
  • Homophone: guerrilla

Noun

gorilla (plural gorillas)

  1. The largest of the apes, native to the forests of central Africa, and known for their trait of knuckle-walking
  2. A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.

Derived terms

Translations


Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

gorilla m (plural gorillas, diminutive gorillaatje n)

  1. gorilla

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡorilːɑ/, [ˈɡo̞rilːɑ]

Noun

gorilla

  1. gorilla

Declension

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
gorillainrare
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
instructive gorilloin
abessive gorillatta gorilloitta
comitative gorilloineen

Compounds


Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡorilːɒ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: go‧ril‧la

Noun

gorilla (plural gorillák)

  1. gorilla

Declension

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
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

Italian

Noun

gorilla m (invariable)

  1. gorilla

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, a tribe of hairy women)

Noun

gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer, definite plural gorillaene)

  1. a gorilla

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, a tribe of hairy women)

Noun

gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer or gorillaar, definite plural gorillaene or gorillaane)

  1. a gorilla

References


Swedish

Noun

gorilla c

  1. gorilla

Declension

Declension of gorilla 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gorilla gorillan gorillor gorillorna
Genitive gorillas gorillans gorillors gorillornas

West Frisian

Noun

gorilla c (plural gorilla's)

  1. gorilla
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