gorilla

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”), described by Hanno the Navigator, a Carthaginian navigator and possible visitor to the area that later became Sierra Leone.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈɹɪl.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlə
• Homophone: guerrilla

gorilla (plural gorillas)

1. The largest of the apes, native to the forests of central Africa, and known for their trait of knuckle-walking
2. A big and brutish man or a thug; a goon or ruffian.

• Chicagorilla

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gorilla m (plural gorillas, diminutive gorillaatje n)

1. gorilla

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡorilːɑ/, [ˈɡo̞rilːɑ]

gorilla

1. gorilla

• vuorigorilla

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡorilːɒ]

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• Hyphenation: go‧ril‧la

gorilla (plural gorillák)

1. gorilla

gorilla m (invariable)

1. gorilla

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”)

gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer, definite plural gorillaene)

1. a gorilla

• “gorilla” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Ancient Greek Γόριλλαι (Górillai, “a tribe of hairy women”)

gorilla m (definite singular gorillaen, indefinite plural gorillaer or gorillaar, definite plural gorillaene or gorillaane)

1. a gorilla

• “gorilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

gorilla c

1. gorilla

gorilla c (plural gorilla's)

1. gorilla