gorille
French, noun/ɡɔ.ʁij/
gorille is spelled G-O-R-I-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gorille is a French masculine noun meaning “gorilla (largest of the apes, belonging to the genus Gorilla, native to the forests of central Africa and known for their trait of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand singe de la famille des hominidés dont la forme se rapproche le plus de celle de l’être humain et qu’on…”.
What does gorille mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegorilla (largest of the apes, belonging to the genus Gorilla, native to the forests of central Africa and known for their trait of knuckle-walking)
- 2
derogatorymasculinegoon, thug (muscular henchman with little intelligence)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand singe de la famille des hominidés dont la forme se rapproche le plus de celle de l’être humain et qu’on trouve dans plusieurs pays d’Afrique. 2. Homme grand et fort. 3. Garde du corps.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gorille
- gorilles plural
- gorillesse
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gorille?
- /ɡɔ.ʁij/
- \ɡɔ.ʁij\
- [ɡɔ.ʁij]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gorille
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gorille in French?
gorille appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).