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simian

adj · noun · 5 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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈsɪm.i.ən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: S IH1 M IY0 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to apes and monkeys.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Bearing resemblance to an ape or monkey; apelike or monkeylike.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An ape or monkey, especially an anthropoid (infraorder Simiiformes).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective

Meaning 4

relating to or resembling an ape

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • simian features

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

an ape or monkey

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: primate

History

Etymology

From Latin sīmia (“ape, monkey”), from Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”).

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قِرْدِيَّاتُ الشَّكْلِ (qirdiyyātu š-šakli) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Belarusian: ма́лпіны (málpiny) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Belarusian: ма́лпавы (málpavy) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Bulgarian: майму́нски (majmúnski) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 猴子的 (hóuzi de) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 猿的 (yuán de) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Czech: opičí — of or pertaining to apes
  • Finnish: apina- — of or pertaining to apes
  • French: simien — of or pertaining to apes
  • German: Affen- — of or pertaining to apes
  • Hungarian: majom — of or pertaining to apes
  • Irish: simíoch — of or pertaining to apes
  • Irish: simiach — of or pertaining to apes
  • Italian: scimmiatico — of or pertaining to apes
  • Japanese: サルの (saru no) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Korean: 원숭이의 (wonsung'i-ui) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Macedonian: мајмунски (majmunski) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ape- — of or pertaining to apes
  • Polish: małpi — of or pertaining to apes
  • Portuguese: símio — of or pertaining to apes
  • Romanian: simian — of or pertaining to apes
  • Russian: обезья́ний (obezʹjánij) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀јмунскӣ — of or pertaining to apes
  • Serbo-Croatian: màjmunskī — of or pertaining to apes
  • Slovak: opičí — of or pertaining to apes
  • Slovene: opičji — of or pertaining to apes
  • Spanish: símico — of or pertaining to apes
  • Swedish: ap- — of or pertaining to apes
  • Ukrainian: мавпи́ний (mavpýnyj) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Ukrainian: ма́впячий (mávpjačyj) — of or pertaining to apes
  • Finnish: apinamainen — resembling an ape
  • German: äffisch — resembling an ape
  • German: affig — resembling an ape
  • Greek: πιθηκοειδής (pithikoeidís) — resembling an ape
  • Greek: πιθηκόμορφος (pithikómorfos) — resembling an ape
  • Hungarian: majomszerű — resembling an ape
  • Irish: simíoch — resembling an ape
  • Irish: simiach — resembling an ape
  • Italian: scimmiatico — resembling an ape
  • Norwegian Bokmål: apelignende — resembling an ape
  • Norwegian Bokmål: apeaktig — resembling an ape
  • Polish: małpi — resembling an ape
  • Portuguese: símio — resembling an ape
  • Portuguese: simiesco — resembling an ape
  • Spanish: símico — resembling an ape
  • Spanish: simiesco — resembling an ape
  • Bulgarian: човекоподобна маймуна (čovekopodobna majmuna) — an ape or monkey
  • Finnish: apina — an ape or monkey
  • Irish: simíoch — an ape or monkey
  • Irish: simiach — an ape or monkey
  • Navajo: mágí — an ape or monkey
  • Polish: antropoid — an ape or monkey
  • Polish: małpa człekokształtna — an ape or monkey
  • Portuguese: símio — an ape or monkey
  • Romanian: simian — an ape or monkey
  • Serbo-Croatian: majmun — an ape or monkey
  • Spanish: simio — an ape or monkey
  • Ukrainian: мавповиді (mavpovydi) — an ape or monkey
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