Monkey — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)

one who is playfully mischievous

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈʌŋki/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈʌŋki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈʌŋki/

2 syllables Say it as /mˈʌŋki/.

Examples

Someone tampered with the documents on my desk
The reporter fiddle with the facts
The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

fiddle muck about potter imp muck around rascal scalawag scamp rapscallion scallywag mess around tinker tamper putter monkey around

Parts of Speech

noun	any of various long-tailed primates (excluding the prosimians)
noun	one who is playfully mischievous
verb	play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly “Someone tampered with the documents on my desk”
verb	do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly “The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house”

Word Forms

monkey	verb	play around with or alter or falsify, usually secretively or dishonestly
rascally	adjective	playful in an appealingly bold way
monkey	noun	one who is playfully mischievous
putterer	noun	a person who putters about
potterer	noun	a person who putters about
tinker	noun	a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
tinkerer	noun	a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Affe

einer der verschiedenen Langschwanzprimaten (mit Ausnahme der Halbaffen)

🇫🇷French

singe

l'un des divers primates à longue queue (à l'exclusion des prosimiens)

🇪🇸Spanish

mono

cualquiera de varios primates de cola larga (excluyendo a los prosimios)

🇮🇹Italian

scimmia

uno qualsiasi dei vari primati dalla coda lunga (escluse le proscimmie)

🇳🇱Dutch

aap

een van de verschillende primaten met lange staart (exclusief de halfapen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

macaco

qualquer um dos vários primatas de cauda longa (excluindo os prosímios)

🇷🇺Russian

обезьяна

любой из длиннохвостых приматов (кроме полуобезьян)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बंदर

विभिन्न लंबी पूंछ वाले प्राइमेट्स में से कोई भी (प्रोसिमियन को छोड़कर)

🇧🇩Bengali

বানর

বিভিন্ন দীর্ঘ-লেজ বিশিষ্ট প্রাইমেটদের মধ্যে যে কোনো (প্রসিমিয়ান ব্যতীত)

🇮🇳Tamil

குரங்கு

பல்வேறு நீண்ட வால் விலங்குகளில் ஏதேனும் (புரோசிமியன்களைத் தவிர்த்து)

🇮🇳Telugu

కోతి

వివిధ పొడవాటి తోక గల ప్రైమేట్‌లలో ఏదైనా (ప్రొసిమియన్‌లను మినహాయించి)

🇮🇳Marathi

माकड

विविध लांब-पुच्छ प्राइमेट्सपैकी कोणतेही (प्रोसिमिअन्स वगळून)

🇮🇳Gujarati

વાનર

વિવિધ લાંબી પૂંછડીવાળા પ્રાઈમેટમાંથી કોઈપણ (પ્રોસિમિયનને બાદ કરતાં)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೋತಿ

ವಿವಿಧ ಉದ್ದನೆಯ ಬಾಲದ ಸಸ್ತನಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವುದಾದರೂ (ಪ್ರೊಸಿಮಿಯನ್ನರನ್ನು ಹೊರತುಪಡಿಸಿ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

കുരങ്ങൻ

വിവിധ നീണ്ട വാലുള്ള പ്രൈമേറ്റുകളിൽ ഏതെങ്കിലും (പ്രോസിമിയൻസ് ഒഴികെ)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬਾਂਦਰ

ਵੱਖ-ਵੱਖ ਲੰਬੀ ਪੂਛ ਵਾਲੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਈਮੇਟਸ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕੋਈ ਵੀ (ਪ੍ਰੋਸਿਮੀਅਨ ਨੂੰ ਛੱਡ ਕੇ)

🇵🇰Urdu

بندر

مختلف لمبی دم والے پریمیٹ میں سے کوئی بھی (پروسیمین کو چھوڑ کر)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

猴

各种长尾灵长类动物（不包括原猴）

🇯🇵Japanese

猿

さまざまな尾の長い霊長類のいずれか（原猿類を除く）

🇰🇷Korean

원숭이

다양한 긴꼬리 영장류(원생원류 제외)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

con khỉ

bất kỳ loài linh trưởng đuôi dài nào khác nhau (không bao gồm các loài bán thân)

🇹🇭Thai

ลิง

ไพรเมตหางยาวชนิดใดก็ได้ (ยกเว้นโพรซิเมียน)

🇮🇩Indonesian

monyet

salah satu dari berbagai primata ekor panjang (tidak termasuk prosimian)

🇵🇭Filipino

unggoy

alinman sa iba't ibang long-tailed primates (hindi kasama ang mga prosimians)

🇲🇾Malay

monyet

mana-mana pelbagai primata ekor panjang (tidak termasuk prosimian)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

قرد

أي من الرئيسيات طويلة الذيل (باستثناء البدائيات)

🇮🇷Persian

میمون

هر یک از پستانداران دم دراز مختلف (به استثنای پروسیمیان ها)

🇹🇷Turkish

maymun

çeşitli uzun kuyruklu primatlardan herhangi biri (prosimiyenler hariç)

🇮🇱Hebrew

קוֹף

כל אחד מהפרימטים בעלי הזנב הארוך (למעט הפרוסימינים)

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