Question 1 · Quick check
monkey
CEFRA1
/ˈmʌŋki/
noun · verb
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In plain English
- 01
noun
An animal with fur, a tail, and hands like a human's.
- 02
verb
To play with or handle something carelessly.
Examples
I'm not talking to you; I'm talking to the monkey.
Hey, look, a three-headed monkey!
At a glance
Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAny simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
Any simian, including humans.
A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
More examples
In contextChimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.
He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole.
Stop misbehaving, you cheeky little monkey!
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Origin
noun
Uncertain: * May be derived from monk + -ey (diminutive suffix), * or borrowed from Middle Low German Moneke, the name of the son of Martin the Ape in Reynard the Fox (which may represent an unattested colloquial Middle Low German *moneke, *moneken), itself of uncertain origin: ** Possibly derived from a Romance term represented by Late Middle French monne (whence Modern French mone (“monkey”)) or earlier Old French monnekin (“monkey”), originally Monnekin, the name of a monkey in Li Dis d'Entendement. Compare also Old French and Middle French monin (“monkey”). *** The French terms may have been borrowed from Italian monna (“monkey”), from Old Spanish mona (“female monkey”), itself a shorte...