vervet
/ˈvɝvɪt/noun
vervet is a noun meaning “A small African monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-E-R-V-E-T, and it appears about once in every 22 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vervet is vervets.
What does vervet mean?
noun
- 1
A small African monkey, Chlorocebus pygerythrus, having a long tail, a black face with white cheek tufts and a greenish-brown coat.
- 2
Any Old World monkey of the genus Chlorocebus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vervet?
- UK /ˈvɜːvɪt/
- UK /ˈvɜːvɛt/
- US /ˈvɝvɪt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vervet
- vervets plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vervet?
Vervet appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vervet come from?
From French vervet (1821, F. Cuvier), further origin is obscure.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).