chimpanzé
Portuguese, noun/ʃĩ.pɐ̃ˈzɛ/
chimpanzé is spelled C-H-I-M-P-A-N-Z-É (9 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29,633rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chimpanzé is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “chimpanzee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grande macaco africano; espécie existente mais próxima ao humano”.
What does chimpanzé mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechimpanzee
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grande macaco africano; espécie existente mais próxima ao humano 2. pessoa feia e desajeitada
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chimpanzé
- chimpanzés plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chimpanzé?
- Brazil /ʃĩ.pɐ̃ˈzɛ/
- Portugal /ʃĩ.pɐ̃ˈzɛ/
- Portugal /t͡ʃĩ.pɐ̃ˈzɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chimpanzé
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chimpanzé in Portuguese?
chimpanzé appears 1.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).