"gorilla" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/ [UK], /ɡɒˈɹɪl.ə/ [UK], /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/ [US] Audio: en-us-gorilla.ogg [US] Forms: gorillas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlə Etymology: From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women)”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone; the Greek word is likely from Punic, and ultimately from an African language. Etymology templates: {{gloss|a tribe of hairy women}} (a tribe of hairy women), {{der|en|grc|Γόριλλαι||Gorillai (<span class="Latn" lang="en">a tribe of hairy women</span>)}} Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “Gorillai (a tribe of hairy women)”), {{der|en|xpu|-}} Punic Head templates: {{en-noun}} gorilla (plural gorillas)
  1. The largest of the apes, belonging to the genus Gorilla, native to the forests of central Africa and known for their trait of knuckle-walking. Categories (lifeform): Hominids Translations (ape): gorilla (Afrikaans), غُورِيلَا (ḡūrīlā) [feminine] (Arabic), gorila [masculine] (Aragonese), գորիլլա (gorilla) (Armenian), gorila [masculine] (Asturian), qorilla (Azerbaijani), гары́ла (harýla) [feminine] (Belarusian), গরিলা (gorila) (Bengali), горила (gorila) [feminine] (Bulgarian), goril·la [masculine] (Catalan), worniŋo (Cerma), ᎠᏓᎵᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ ᎤᏔᎾ (adalisgiyisgi utana) (Cherokee), ᎪᎵᎳ (golila) (Cherokee), 大猩猩 (english: daai⁶ sing¹ sing¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 大猩猩 (dàxīngxing) (Chinese Mandarin), gorila [feminine] (Czech), gorilla [masculine] (Dutch), gorilo (Esperanto), gorilla (Estonian), gorilla (Finnish), gorille [masculine] (French), gorila [masculine] (Galician), გორილა (gorila) (Georgian), Gorilla [masculine] (German), γορίλας (gorílas) [masculine] (Greek), गोरिल्ला (gorillā) [masculine] (Hindi), gorilla (Hungarian), górilla [feminine] (Icelandic), gorilo (Ido), goraille [masculine] (Irish), gorilla [masculine] (Italian), ゴリラ (gorira) (Japanese), горилла (gorilla) (Kazakh), 고릴라 (gorilla) (Korean), mágítsoh (Navajo), gorille [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), gorilla [masculine] (Norwegian), korira (Palauan), گوریل (goril) (Persian), goryl [masculine] (Polish), gorila [masculine] (Portuguese), gorilă [feminine] (Romanian), гори́лла (gorílla) [feminine] (Russian), ingagi (Rwanda-Rundi), gorila (Serbo-Croatian), gorila [feminine] (Slovak), gorila [masculine] (Spanish), ngagi [class-10, class-9] (Swahili), gorilla [common-gender] (Swedish), gorilya (Tagalog), กอริลลา (gɔɔ-rin-lâa) (Thai), ลิงกอริลลา (ling-gor-rin-laa) (Thai), goril (Turkish), гори́ла (horýla) [feminine] (Ukrainian), گورلا (gorillā) [masculine] (Urdu), khỉ đột (Vietnamese), đại tinh tinh (alt: 大猩猩) (Vietnamese), dàngin gi (Wolof), גאָרילע (gorile) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-gorilla-en-noun-0kVCaMKh Disambiguation of Hominids: 89 7 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 13 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 8 11 Disambiguation of 'ape': 66 19 15
  2. A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian. Translations (thug): gorilla (Finnish), γορίλας (gorílas) [masculine] (Greek), банди́т (bandít) (Russian), громи́ла (gromíla) (Russian), gorila (Serbo-Croatian), grmalj (Serbo-Croatian), gorila [feminine] (Slovak), gorilla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-gorilla-en-noun-wMCPPqkz Disambiguation of 'thug': 6 75 18
  3. (informal) A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-gorilla-en-noun-veRr0g0V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Godzilla, Gorillai

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "gorillā",
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          "word": "khỉ đột"
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          "alt": "大猩猩",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "ape",
          "word": "đại tinh tinh"
        },
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          "lang": "Wolof",
          "sense": "ape",
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          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "gorile",
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          "text": "\"I'll do the old gorilla the justice to say that he is open-handed with money.\"",
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        }
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          "brutish",
          "brutish"
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          "thug"
        ],
        [
          "goon",
          "goon"
        ],
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          "ruffian",
          "ruffian"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 18",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "gorilla"
        },
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          "_dis1": "6 75 18",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gorílas",
          "sense": "thug",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "γορίλας"
        },
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          "_dis1": "6 75 18",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bandít",
          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "банди́т"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 18",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gromíla",
          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "громи́ла"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 18",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "gorila"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 18",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "grmalj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "6 75 18",
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "thug",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis1": "6 75 18",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "thug",
          "word": "gorilla"
        }
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          "ref": "1977, Computerworld, volume 11, number 19, page 58",
          "text": "The two industry gorillas — IBM and AT&T — will get together to decide who will provide different communications services, Biddle stated.",
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        }
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        [
          "heavyweight",
          "heavyweight"
        ],
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          "behemoth",
          "behemoth"
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        "(informal) A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɒˈɹɪl.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "rhymes": "-ɪlə"
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    {
      "homophone": "guerrilla"
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      "audio": "en-us-gorilla.ogg",
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}
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    "English nouns",
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    "English terms derived from Punic",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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      "word": "800-pound gorilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "800-pound gorilla in the room"
    },
    {
      "word": "buffarilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "Chicagorilla"
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    {
      "word": "eastern gorilla"
    },
    {
      "word": "gorilla in the room"
    },
    {
      "word": "gorilla pimp"
    },
    {
      "word": "gorilla salad"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gorilla Sign Language"
    },
    {
      "word": "gorilless"
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    {
      "word": "mountain gorilla"
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        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ゴリラ (gorira)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "고릴라",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Korean: 고릴라 (gorilla)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
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            "2": "กอริลลา",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Thai: กอริลลา (gɔɔ-rin-lâa)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Thai: กอริลลา (gɔɔ-rin-lâa)"
    }
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "Godzilla"
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          "ref": "1893, Journal of Anatomy and Physiology, volume 27, pages 133, 135",
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          "Africa"
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        {
          "ref": "1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed",
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      ],
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          "brutish"
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          "thug",
          "thug"
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        [
          "goon",
          "goon"
        ],
        [
          "ruffian",
          "ruffian"
        ]
      ]
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    {
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        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1977, Computerworld, volume 11, number 19, page 58",
          "text": "The two industry gorillas — IBM and AT&T — will get together to decide who will provide different communications services, Biddle stated.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth."
      ],
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        [
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          "heavyweight"
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        [
          "behemoth",
          "behemoth"
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        "(informal) A powerful person or organization; a heavyweight or behemoth."
      ],
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        "informal"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡɒˈɹɪl.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/",
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        "US"
      ]
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḡūrīlā",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "غُورِيلَا"
    },
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      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gorilla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "գորիլլա"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "qorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "harýla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гары́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "gorila",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "গরিলা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gorila",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "горила"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goril·la"
    },
    {
      "code": "cme",
      "lang": "Cerma",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "worniŋo"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "adalisgiyisgi utana",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "ᎠᏓᎵᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ ᎤᏔᎾ"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "golila",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "ᎪᎵᎳ"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "daai⁶ sing¹ sing¹",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "大猩猩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàxīngxing",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "大猩猩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorille"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gorila",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "გორილა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gorílas",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γορίλας"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gorillā",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गोरिल्ला"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "górilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goraille"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gorira",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "ゴリラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "gorilla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "горилла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gorilla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "고릴라"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "mágítsoh"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorille"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "pau",
      "lang": "Palauan",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "korira"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "goril",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "گوریل"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "goryl"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorilă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gorílla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гори́лла"
    },
    {
      "code": "rw",
      "lang": "Rwanda-Rundi",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "ingagi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "class-10",
        "class-9"
      ],
      "word": "ngagi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "gorilya"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gɔɔ-rin-lâa",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "กอริลลา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ling-gor-rin-laa",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "ลิงกอริลลา"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "goril"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "horýla",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гори́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "gorillā",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "گورلا"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "khỉ đột"
    },
    {
      "alt": "大猩猩",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "đại tinh tinh"
    },
    {
      "code": "wo",
      "lang": "Wolof",
      "sense": "ape",
      "word": "dàngin gi"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "gorile",
      "sense": "ape",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "גאָרילע"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "gorilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gorílas",
      "sense": "thug",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "γορίλας"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bandít",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "банди́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gromíla",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "громи́ла"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "grmalj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "thug",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gorila"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "thug",
      "word": "gorilla"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "gorilla"
  ],
  "word": "gorilla"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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