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Meaning of Gibbon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɡɪbən

Definitions

  1. A surname.
  2. A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.

Equivalents

العربية جِبَّوْن غيبون
Bosanski gibao
Català gibó
Čeština gibon
Deutsch Gibbon
Ελληνικά Γίββων
Español gibón
Suomi gibboni
Français gibbon
Galego xibón
हिन्दी लंगूर
Hrvatski gibao
Bahasa Indonesia owa ungka wau-wau wawa
Italiano gibbone
日本語 テナガザル 手長猿
ქართული გიბონი
한국어 긴팔원숭이
Kurdî gîbon
Bahasa Melayu ungka
မြန်မာဘာသာ မျောက်လွှဲကျော်
Nederlands gibbon
Polski gibon
Português gibão
Română gibon
Русский гиббо́н
Slovenčina gibon
Српски gibao
ไทย ชะนี
Tiếng Việt vượn

Examples

“'[…] Suppose that in years to come, when the Church's troubles seem to be over, there should come an apostate of my own trade, a false historian, with the mind of Cicero or Tacitus and the soul of an animal,' and he nodded towards the gibbon who fretted his golden chain and chattered for fruit.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Gibboney Gibbons Gibbons-Hawking-York boundary term gibbosity Gibbous gibbous moon

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