chimpanzee
nounUK, US /t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/
Etymology The first recorded use of the name chimpanzee dates to 1738. The name is derived from an unspecified Bantu language of Angola (compare Vili ci-mpenzi), probably brought to the English language via French chimpanzé.
1
Pan troglodytes, a species of great ape native to the savannas and forests of Africa, and believed by biologists to be the closest extant relative to humans along with the bonobo.
2
Dated A great ape of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.
- Derived terms
- antichimpanzee, central chimpanzee, ChHV, chimp, Chimpanese, chimpanzee fire, chimpanzeelike, chimpanzoid, chuman, dwarf chimpanzee, humanzee, manpanzee, pygmy chimpanzee, Trumpanzee