chimera

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kʌɪˈmɪəɹə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /kɪˈmɪəɹə/
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• General-American: /kaɪˈmerə/
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As the mythological beast, a variant case form of chimera, q.v. As an ancient mountain, directly from Latin mons Chimaera (“Mount Chimera”), from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira), attested in Strabo.

Variant of Middle English chimere, chymere, & chymera under renewed Latin influence from the 16th century, from French chimère, from Latin Chimaera, from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira, “fire-breathing mythological monster, fire-spewing Lycian or Cilician mountain”), from χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”, from χίμαρος (khímaros, “male goat”) + -α (-a)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵhey-. In reference to the fish, directly from Latin Chimaera, used by Linnaeus. In reference to organisms with distinct areas of different genetic makeups, a calque of German Chimäre, used by Hans Winkler in 1907.

110 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: քիմեր (kʻimer) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Azerbaijani: Ximera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Breton: Kimera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Bulgarian: химера (himera) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Catalan: quimera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Chinese Mandarin: 喀邁拉 /喀迈拉 (kāmàilā) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Czech: Chiméra — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Danish: Kimære — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Danish: kimære — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Esperanto: ĥimero — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Estonian: Kimäär — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Estonian: kimäär — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Finnish: Khimaira — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Finnish: khimaira — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• French: Chimère — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• French: chimère — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Galician: Quimera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• German: Chimäre — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Greek: Χίμαιρα (Chímaira) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Greek: χίμαιρα (chímaira) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Ancient Greek: Χίμαιρα (Khímaira) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Ancient Greek: χίμαιρα (khímaira) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Greenlandic: Kimære — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Hebrew: כימרה — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Hungarian: Kiméra — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Ido: kimero — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Indonesian: Khimaira — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Inuktitut: ᕿᒦᕋ (qimiira) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Italian: chimera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Japanese: キメラ (kimera) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Japanese: キマイラ (kimaira) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Korean: 키메라 (kimera) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Korean: 키마이라 (kimaira) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Latin: Chimaera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Macedonian: химера (himera) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Norwegian: Kimære — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Norwegian: Khimaira — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Persian: شیمر — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Persian: کایْمِرا — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Polish: Chimera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Portuguese: Quimera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Portuguese: quimera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Russian: химе́ра (ximéra) — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Serbo-Croatian: Химера — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Serbo-Croatian: химера — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Serbo-Croatian: Himera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Serbo-Croatian: himera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Spanish: quimera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Swedish: chimaira — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Swedish: chimära — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Swedish: kimera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Swedish: Chimaira — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Tagalog: kimera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Thai: คิเมียรา — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Turkish: Kimera — Greek myth: monster killed by Bellerophon
• Finnish: khimaira — any similarly fantastic creature formed of parts from different animals
• Persian: شترگاوپلنگ (šotor-gâv-palang) — any similarly fantastic creature formed of parts from different animals
• Ukrainian: химера (xymera) — any similarly fantastic creature formed of parts from different animals
• Armenian: ցնորք (cʻnorkʻ) — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Armenian: պատրանք (patrankʻ) — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Armenian: քիմերա (kʻimera) — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Bulgarian: химе́ра (himéra) — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Catalan: quimera — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Czech: chiméra — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Dutch: chimère — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Esperanto: ĥimero — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Finnish: harha — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• French: chimère — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• German: Schimäre — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Greek: χίμαιρα (chímaira) — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Hungarian: kiméra — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Irish: ciméara — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Italian: chimera — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Polish: chimera — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Portuguese: quimera — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Russian: химе́ра (ximéra) — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Spanish: quimera — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Swedish: chimär — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Ukrainian: химера (xymera) — foolish thought, product of the imagination
• Finnish: sekasikiö — anything composed of very disparate parts
• Japanese: 寄せ集め (yoseatsume) — anything composed of very disparate parts
• Japanese: 寄り合い所帯 (yoriaijotai) — anything composed of very disparate parts
• Finnish: groteski — grotesque resembling a gargoyle
• Portuguese: gárgula — grotesque resembling a gargoyle
• Russian: химе́ра (ximéra) — grotesque resembling a gargoyle
• Catalan: quimera — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Chinese Mandarin: 嵌合體 /嵌合体 (qiànhétǐ) — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Czech: chiméra — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Dutch: chimaera — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Finnish: harhama — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Finnish: kimeeri — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• French: chimère — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• German: Chimäre — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Greek: χίμαιρα (chímaira) — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Greek: χιμαιρισμός (chimairismós) — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Irish: ciméara — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Japanese: キメラ (kimera) — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Persian: آمیژه (âmiže) — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Polish: chimera — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Portuguese: quimera — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Russian: химе́ра (ximéra) — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Swedish: chimär — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Ukrainian: химера (xymera) — organism with genetically distinct cells from two or more zygotes
• Esperanto: ĥimero — fish in the subclass Holocephali
• Finnish: sillikuningaskala — fish in the subclass Holocephali
• Italian: chimera — fish in the subclass Holocephali
• Polish: chimera — fish in the subclass Holocephali
• Polish: przeraza — fish in the subclass Holocephali
• Portuguese: quimera — fish in the subclass Holocephali
• Russian: химера (ximera) — fish in the subclass Holocephali