chimpanzee

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• UK, US: /t͡ʃɪmˈpæn.zi/
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• UK, US: /ˌt͡ʃɪm.pənˈziː/
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• UK, US: /ˌt͡ʃɪm.pænˈziː/
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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.

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sjimpansee — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Arabic: شِمْبَانْزِي (šimbanzī) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Armenian: շիմպանզե (šimpanze) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Assamese: চিম্পাঞ্জী (simpañzi) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Asturian: chimpancé — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Azerbaijani: şimpanze — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Bambara: worõ — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Basque: txinpantze — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Belarusian: шымпанзэ́ (šympanzé) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Breton: chimpanze — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Burmese: ချင်ပန်ဇီမျောက် (hkyangpanji-myauk) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Catalan: ximpanzé — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Cherokee: ᏥᎻᏆ̃ᏂᏏᎢ (tsimiquãnisii) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Cherokee: ᎠᏓᎵᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ ᎡᏆ (adalisgiyisgi equa) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑猩猩 (hēixīngxing) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Czech: šimpanz — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Danish: chimpanse — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Dutch: chimpansee — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Esperanto: ĉimpanzo — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Estonian: šimpans — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Faroese: sjimpansa — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Finnish: simpanssi — any hominid of the genus Pan
• French: chimpanzé — any hominid of the genus Pan
• West-Frisian: sjimpanzé — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Galician: chimpancé — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Georgian: შიმპანზე (šimṗanze) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• German: Schimpanse — any hominid of the genus Pan
• German: Schimpansenmännchen — any hominid of the genus Pan
• German: Schimpansen-Männchen — any hominid of the genus Pan
• German: Schimpansin — any hominid of the genus Pan
• German: Schimpansenweibchen — any hominid of the genus Pan
• German: Schimpansen-Weibchen — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Greek: χιμπατζής (chimpatzís) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Hebrew: שימפנזה (shimpanze) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Hindi: चिंपांजी (cimpāñjī) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Hindi: चिंपाजी (cimpājī) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Hungarian: csimpánz — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Icelandic: simpansi — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Ido: chimpanzeo — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Indonesian: simpanse — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Ingrian: šimpanze — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Irish: simpeansaí — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Italian: scimpanzé — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Japanese: チンパンジー (chinpanjī) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Japanese: 黒猩々 (kuroshōjō) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Khmer: ស្វាឳ (svaa ’ǝv) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Khmer: សត្វស្វាឪ (sat svaa ’ǝv) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Kongo: kimpenzi — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Korean: 침팬지 (chimpaenji) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Lao: ລີງຊິມແພນຊີ (līng sim phǣn sī) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Latvian: šimpanze — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Lingala: mokómbósó — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Lithuanian: šimpanzė — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Macedonian: шимпанзо (šimpanzo) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Malay: cimpanzi — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Malayalam: ചിമ്പാൻസി (cimpāṉsi) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Manx: çhimpansee — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Manx: apag ghooinoil — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Marathi: चिंपांझी (cimpāñjhī) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Mongolian: шимпанзе (šimpanze) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Navajo: mágíshzhin — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Norwegian Bokmål: sjimpanse — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sjimpanse — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Persian: شمپانزه (šampânze) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Polish: szympans — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Portuguese: chimpanzé — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Punjabi: ਚਿਪਾਂਜ਼ੀ (cipā̃zī) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Punjabi: ਚਿੰਪੈਂਜ਼ੀ (cimpaĩzī) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Punjabi: عام چمپینزی (ʻām cmpenzī) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Romanian: cimpanzeu — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Russian: шимпанзе́ (šimpanzé) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Northern Sami: šimpánsa — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Serbo-Croatian: чимпа̀нза — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Serbo-Croatian: шимпа̀нза — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Serbo-Croatian: čimpànza — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Serbo-Croatian: šimpànza — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Slovak: šimpanz — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Slovene: šimpanz — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Somali: korow — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Spanish: chimpancé — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Swahili: sokwe — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Swahili: sokwe mtu — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Swedish: schimpans — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Sylheti: ꠌꠤꠝ꠆ꠙꠣꠘ꠆ꠎꠤ (simfanzi) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Tagalog: tsimpansi — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Tajik: шимпанзе (šimpanze) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Thai: ลิงชิมแปนซี (ling chim-bpɛɛn-sii) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Turkish: şempanze — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Ukrainian: шимпанзе́ (šympanzé) — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Vietnamese: tinh tinh — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Welsh: tsimpansî — any hominid of the genus Pan
• Polish: szympans — Pan troglodytes
• Polish: szympans zwyczajny — Pan troglodytes