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guenon

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɡəˈnoʊn/
  • /ˈɡwɛn.ən/
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  • rhymes with -oʊn
  • rhymes with -ɛnən

1

noun

Meaning 1

A member of the genus Cercopithecus of Old World monkeys, of sub-Saharan Africa, principally forests.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: guenon monkey

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Old World monkey, catarrhine

Narrower terms: talapoin, Cercopithecus talapoin, grivet, Cercopithecus aethiops, vervet, vervet monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythrus, green monkey, African green monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French guenon (“female monkey or ape”).

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هِجْرِس (hijris) — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Bulgarian: гвенон (gvenon) — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Bulgarian: морска котка (morska kotka) — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Catalan: cercopitec — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 長尾猴 /长尾猴 (chángwěihóu) — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Czech: kočkodan — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Dutch: meerkat — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Esperanto: simiino — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Finnish: marakatti — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • French: cercopithèque — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • French: guenon — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Galician: cercopiteco — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • German: Meerkatze — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Greenlandic: aapakaatsiaq — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Italian: cercopiteco — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Japanese: オナガザル (onagazaru) — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Japanese: 尾長猿 (onagazaru) — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Korean: 긴꼬리원숭이 (ginkkoriwonsung'i) — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Polish: koczkodan — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Portuguese: cercopiteco — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Russian: марты́шка (martýška) — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Spanish: cercopiteco — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Spanish: mono del viejo mundo — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Swedish: markatta — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus
  • Ukrainian: мартишка (martyška) — monkey of the genus Cercopithecus