bonobo

From Bolobo, a village on the Congo River where Europeans first made contact with the species. Bolobo is possibly imitative of the bubbling of the rapids at that section of the Congo.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /bəˈnəʊ̯ˌbəʊ̯/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /bəˈnoʊ̯ˌboʊ̯/
• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒ.nəˌboʊ̯/

bonobo (plural bonobos)

1. A great ape, Pan paniscus, from Africa south of the Congo river.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) dwarf chimpanzee, (informal) hippie chimp, (obsolete) pygmy chimpanzee

From English bonobo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbonobo/, [ˈbo̞no̞bo̞]
• Rhymes: -onobo
• Hyphenation^(key): bo‧no‧bo

bonobo

1. bonobo, Pan paniscus

   Synonym: kongonsimpanssi

• IPA^(key): /bɔ.nɔ.bo/

• Audio:

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bonobo m (plural bonobos)

1. bonobo

bonobo m (invariable)

1. bonobo, Pan paniscus

bonobo

1. Rōmaji transcription of ボノボ

Internationalism; compare English bonobo, French bonobo, German Bonobo.

• IPA^(key): /bɔˈnɔ.bɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔbɔ
• Syllabification: bo‧no‧bo

bonobo m animal (indeclinable)

1. bonobo, dwarf chimpanzee, gracile chimpanzee, pygmy chimpanzee (Pan paniscus)

   Synonyms: szympans bonobo, szympans karłowaty

• bonobo in PWN's encyclopedia

• Rhymes: -obu
• Hyphenation: bo‧no‧bo

bonobo m (plural bonobos)

1. bonobo (Pan paniscus, a species of chimpanzee)

• IPA^(key): /boˈnobo/ [boˈno.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -obo
• Syllabification: bo‧no‧bo

bonobo m (plural bonobos)

1. bonobo