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{{also|Monkey}}
==English==
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[[Image:Monkey batu.jpg|thumb|A monkey.]]

===Etymology===
{{unc|en}}. May be derived from {{suf|en|monk|-y|alt2=-ey|pos2=diminutive suffix|id2=diminutive}}, or borrowed from {{bor|en|gml|Moneke}}, the name of the son of Martin the Ape in ''Reynard the Fox'' (which may represent an unattested colloquial {{der|en|gml|*moneke}}, {{m|gml|*moneken}}), itself of uncertain origin. Possibly derived from a {{der|en|roa|-}} term represented by Late {{der|en|frm|monne}} {{gl|whence Modern {{cog|fr|mone|t=monkey}}}} or earlier {{cog|fro|monnekin|t=monkey}}, originally {{m|fro|Monnekin}}, the name of a monkey in ''Li Dis d'Entendement''. Compare also {{cog|fro|-}} and {{cog|frm|monin|t=monkey}}.  The French terms may have been borrowed from {{der|en|it|monna|t=monkey}}, from {{der|en|osp|mona|t=female monkey}}, itself a shortening of {{m|osp|mamona}}, variant of {{m|osp|maimón}}, from {{der|en|ar|مَيْمُون||baboon}}). However, {{cog|fro|monnekin}} may alternatively be unrelated to the other terms, instead being a borrowing of Early {{der|en|dum|mannekin|pos=a diminutive of a personal name or surname; hence, nickname|lit=miniature man}}.

{{root|en|ar|ي م ن}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmʌŋki/|a=RP,GA}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-monkey.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmʊŋki/|a=northern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ʌŋki|s=2}}
* {{hyphenation|en|monk|ey}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|+|pl2qual=obsolete|monkies}}

# {{lb|en|properly}} A [[member]] of the [[clade]] {{taxfmt|Simiiformes|infraorder}} other than those in the [[clade]] {{taxfmt|Hominoidea|superfamily}} [[contain]]ing [[ape]]s, [[generally]] (but not [[universally]]) [[distinguish]]ed by [[small]] [[size]], [[tail]]s, and [[cheek]] [[pouch]]es.
#: {{ux|en|He had been visiting an area zoo when a '''monkey''' swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole.}}
# {{lb|en|inexact|sometimes|_|proscribed}} Any [[simian]] [[primate]] [[other]] than [[hominid]]s, any monkey or [[ape]].
#: {{ux|en|Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other '''monkeys'''.}}
# {{lb|en|figurative|generally|_|pejorative}} A [[human]] [[consider]]ed to [[resemble]] monkeys in [[some]] [[way]], [[including]]:
## {{lb|en|informal|sometimes|_|offensive}} A [[naughty]] or [[mischievous]] [[person]], [[especially]] a [[child]].
##: {{ux|en|Stop misbehaving, you [[cheeky]] little '''monkey'''!}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1909|author=w:Algernon Blackwood|title=You May Telephone From Here
|passage="Yes. He gets to Paris at seven in the morning. He promised to telephone the first thing."<br>"You expensive little '''monkey'''!"<br>"Why?"<br>"It's ten shillings for three minutes, or something like that, and you have to go to the G.P.O. or the Mansion House or some such place, I believe."}}
## {{lb|en|slang}} The [[person]] in the [[motorcycle]] [[sidecar]] in [[sidecar]] [[racing]].
## {{lb|en|pejorative}} {{synonym of|en|idiot}}: a [[person]] of [[minimal]] [[intelligence]].
## {{lb|en|pejorative}} {{synonym of|en|uggo}}: an [[unattractive]] [[person]], [[especially]] one whose [[face]] [[supposedly]] [[resemble]]s a monkey's.
## {{lb|en|slang|pejorative}} {{synonym of|en|puppet}}: a [[person]] [[dance to someone's tune|dancing to another's tune]], a [[person]] [[controlled]] or [[direct]]ed by [[another]].
##: {{ux|en|No, no, no, not you. I want to talk to the [[organ grinder]], not the '''monkey'''.}}
## {{lb|en|slang|usually|_|pejorative}} A [[menial]] [[employee]] who does a [[repetitive]] job [[supposedly]] [[requiring]] [[minimal]] [[intelligence]].
##: {{ux|en|[[code monkey|code '''monkey''']]... [[grease monkey|grease '''monkey''']]... [[phone monkey|phone '''monkey''']]... [[powder monkey|powder '''monkey''']]...}}
# {{lb|en|slang|derogatory|ethnic slur|offensive}} A [[black]] [[person]].
# {{lb|en|slang|vulgar|uncommon}} A [[penis]].
# {{lb|en|historical}} A small [[trading]] [[vessel]] of the sixteenth century.
# {{lb|en|slang|nautical}} The [[vessel]] in which a [[mess]] receives its full allowance of [[grog]].
# The [[weight]] of a [[pile driver]] or [[drop hammer]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2007|author=Broos Campbell|title=No Quarter|page=111
|passage=Someone handed me a '''monkey''' of grog. I forced myself to sip it, not down it.}}
# A [[fluid]] consisting of [[hydrochloric acid]] and [[zinc]], used in the process of [[solder]]ing.
# {{lb|en|slang}} {{synonym of|en|five hundred}}, [[especially]] {{lb|en|British}} 500 [[pounds sterling]] or {{lb|en|US|dated}} 500 [[dollar]]s.
#* {{quote-song|en|year=2004|author=The Streets|title=It Was Supposed to Be So Easy|album=A Grand Don’t Come for Free|text=A thousandth of a million squid or two '''monkeys'''<br>Or a whole fifty scores}}
# {{lb|en|blackjack}} {{synonym of|en|face card}}.
# {{lb|en|slang}} A person's [[temper]], said to be "up" when they are [[angry]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1864|author=Eneas Sweetland Dallas|title=Once a Week|volume=11|page=267
|passage=I was out rather late one night, when the foreman of my department, who owed me a grudge, abused me like a dog, and told me I might consider myself dismissed, and that I should be paid my wages in the morning. I don't know how I kept my hands off him, for my '''monkey''' was up; {{...}}}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2019|author=John Hughes-Wilson|title=1918 - Defeat into Victory: A Tommy Gunn Adventure|page=98
|passage=Reminded me of running up that hill by the Marne – or was it the Morin? – in 1914 when Kearey had got his face ripped open by a bullet and Hedley had got his '''monkey''' up [Lost his temper, Ed.] over the Huns killing 8 of my platoon.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[drug]] [[habit]]; an [[addiction]]; a [[compulsion]].
#* '''1938''', {{w|Alfred R. Lindesmith}}, "Argot of the Underworld Drug Addict", ''{{w|Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology}}'', Vol. 29, Issue 2 (July-August):
#*: '''Monkey''': a habit, as in "I have a [[monkey on one's back|'''monkey''' on my back]]." Usually used when one is sick from lack of drugs.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1949|author=w:Nelson Algren|title={{w|The Man with the Golden Arm (novel)|The Man with The Golden Arm}}
|passage="Man, I wasn't hooked, I was ''crucified''. The '''monkey''' got so big he was carryin' ''me''. {{...}} When I hear a junkie tell me he wants to kick the habit but he just can't I know he lies even if ''he'' don't know he does. He ''wants'' to carry the '''monkey''', he's punishin' his<!--sic:"hisself"-->self for somethin' 'n don't even know it. {{...}} Then I got forty grains 'n went up to the room 'n went from '''monkey''' to nothin' in twen<!--sic:"twenny"-->ny-eight days 'n that's nine-ten years ago 'n the '''monkey'''<nowiki/>'s dead." <br> "The '''monkey'''<nowiki/>'s never dead, Fixer," Frankie told him knowingly.}}
#* {{RQ:Bellow Humboldt's Gift|year=1976|page=431|passage=I thought I would like to learn about the dope scene anyway, and the boy must have some character, you know, if he got the '''monkey''' off his back (as they used to say in our time) without outside help.}}
#: {{ux|en|Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my '''monkey'''.}}
# {{lb|en|dance}} A [[dance]] [[popularize]]d by {{w|Major Lance}} in 1963, [[now]] [[usually]] [[only]] [[its]] [[upper body|upper-body]] [[dance]] [[move]] [[involving]] [[exaggerated]] [[drumming]] [[motion]]s.
#* '''1963''', {{w|Curtis Mayfield}}, "{{w|The Monkey Time}}" ([https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0KlRpQeyvo video]):
#*: Do the '''Monkey''', yeah,<br>Do the '''Monkey''', yeah,<br>Ah, twist them hips,<br>Let your backbone slip,<br>Now move your feet,<br>Get on the beat...
#* {{quote-song|en|lyricist={{w|Thomas Coman}} and Sylvester Stewart ({{w|Sly Stone}})|title={{w|C'mon and Swim}}|artist={{w|Bobby Freeman}}|year=1964|text=C'mon everybody! C'mon in!<br>Bobby's goin' to show you how to do the swim.<br>Kinda like the '''monkey''', kinda like the twist<br>Pretend you're in the water and you go like this.}}
#* {{quote-song|en|lyricist={{w|Loudon Wainwright III}}|title={{w|Suicide Song}}|artist={{w|Loudon Wainwright III}}|year=1971|album=Album II|text=Do the '''monkey''', do the pony / Do the slop, do the boogaloo twist.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1989|author=[[:w:Gary Holt (musician)|Gary Holt]]|title=[[:w:The Toxic Waltz (song)|The Toxic Waltz]]
|passage=...Used to the do the '''monkey'''<br>But now it's not cool...}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|monkey orchestra| monkey-face tree
|Azara's night monkey|bare-eared squirrel monkey|barrel of monkeys|bleed the monkey|bleeding-heart monkey|blue monkey|bonnet monkey|brown woolly monkey|butt monkey|cheeky monkey|cheese monkey|cheese-eating surrender monkey|chunky monkey|cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey|common squirrel monkey|Diana monkey|Goeldi's monkey|golden monkey|golden palace monkey|grease-monkey|Hartlepool monkey|hog-monkey|howler monkey|hundredth monkey|ice monkey|infinite monkey theorem|juice monkey|Madidi titi monkey|make a monkey of|monke|monkey about|monkey around|monkey-ass|monkey bridge|monkey butt|monkey cap|monkey dish|monkey fever|monkey's fist|like a monkey on a stick|monkey on a stick|monkey swill|monkey bite|like butter on a bald monkey|monkey talk|monkey glove|monkey hour|monkey house|monkey jar|monkey metal|monkey patch|monkey pox|monkey puzzle tree|monkey rail|monkey run|monkey slug|monkey suit|monkey tail tree|monkey trail|monkey trap|monkey-branch|monkey-bread|monkey-cup|monkey-eating eagle|monkeyflower|monkey-house|monkey-like|monkey-no-climb|monkey-pox|monkey-puzzle|monkey-shine|monkey-wrench|monkey-wrencher|mud monkey|native monkey|Negro monkey|night monkey|not my circus, not my monkeys|northern monkey|owl monkey|parrot and monkey time|patas monkey|Pluto monkey|proboscis monkey|puzzle-monkey|rhesus monkey|rug monkey|sand monkey|script monkey|scut monkey|sea monkey|signifying monkey|skill monkey|snub-nosed monkey|sock monkey|South American squirrel monkey|spider monkey|squirrel monkey|suck the monkey|surrender monkey|trouser monkey|water monkey|widow monkey|winking monkey|woolly monkey
|brass monkey|monkey dust|monkey fruit|monkey parade|monkey points|monkey wrencher|monkey wrenching|monkey-ear tree|monkey-wrenching|owl-faced monkey|rigging monkey|de Brazza's monkey|diadem monkey|diademed monkey|Hamlyn's monkey|inquisitive monkey|Japanese monkey|left-handed monkey wrench|lesser spot-nosed monkey|monkey guarding|monkey island|monkey jack|monkey ladder|monkey lip|monkey lips|monkey strap|monkey-strap|monkey walk|monkey-patch|nose monkey|owl-faced monkey|Ramayana monkey chant|red monkey|swamp monkey|Satan monkey|vervet monkey|white monkey|white-faced capuchin monkey
|Burmese snub-nosed monkey|get one's monkey up|hybrid monkey
|capuchin monkey|antimonkey|hosemonkey|monkeyboard|monkeycide|monkeydom|Monkeydonia|monkeyess|monkeyface|monkeyfy|monkeygland|monkeyhood|monkeyish|monkeyism|monkeykind|monkeyless|monkeylike|monkeypod|monkeypox |monkeyrony |supermonkey|weremonkey
|code monkey
|monkey's allowance
|give a monkey's
|grease monkey
|green monkey
|green monkey disease
|if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
|I'll be a monkey's uncle
|leaf monkey
|make a monkey out of
|[[monkey apple]]
|monkey bag
|monkey barge
|monkey bars
|monkey bike| monkey ball
|monkey block
|monkey boat
|monkey boot
|monkey boy
|monkey bread
|monkey business
|monkey cup
|monkey dance
|monkey drill
|monkey engine
|monkey-faced owl
|monkey flip
|monkey forecastle
|monkey gaff
|monkey grass
|monkey hammer
|monkey hanger
|monkey humping a football
|monkey in the middle
|monkey in the woodpile
|monkey jacket
|monkey man
|monkey meat
|monkey motion
|monkey nut
|{{vern|monkey orange}}
|monkey orchid
|monkey's dinner bell
|monkey's paw
|monkey's pistol
|monkey pod
|monkey pole
|monkey pot
|monkey press
|monkey pump
|monkey puzzle
|monkey rum
|monkey see, monkey do
|monkeyshine
|monkey show
|monkey spar
|monkey spoon
|monkey squirrel
|monkey stove
|monkey tail
|monkey thorn
|monkey trial
|monkey up
|Monkey Ward's
|monkey wheel
|monkey wrench
|Myanmar snub-nosed monkey
|New World monkey
|not give a monkey's
|not your circus, not your monkeys
|Old World monkey
|phone monkey
|porch monkey
|powder monkey
|shake that monkey
|snow monkey
|spank the monkey
|the organ grinder, not the monkey
|you can take the monkey out of the jungle, but you can't take the jungle out of the monkey
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|bor=1|ckt|маӈкы|tr=maṇky}}
* {{desc|bor=1|crd|moonki}}
* {{desc|bor=1|ga|moncaí}}
* {{desc|bor=1|nv|mágí}}
* {{desc|bor=1|gd|muncaidh}}
* {{desc|bor=1|tum|munkhwele}}
* {{desc|bor=1|cy|mwnci}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|primate}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|aap}}
* Ahom: {{t|aho|𑜎𑜢𑜂𑜫}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|majmun|m}}
* Alemannic German: {{t|gsw|aff}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|ዝንጀሮ}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|سَعْدَان|m}}, {{t|ar|حِبْن}}, {{t|ar|نِسْنَاس}}, {{t|ar|مَيْمُون}}, {{t+|ar|قِرْد|m}}
*: Egyptian: {{t|arz|نسناس|tr=nesnās|m}}
*: Gulf Arabic: {{t|afb|قرد|tr=qird}}, {{t|afb|سبال|tr=sebāl}} {{qualifier|regional}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|قرد|m|tr=gird}}, {{t|acw|نسناس|m|tr=nasnās}}, {{t|acw|سعدان|m|tr=saʕdān}}
*: Iraqi Arabic: {{t|acm|شادي|tr=šɑ̄di}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|قرد|m|tr=qard}}
*: San'ani Arabic: {{t|ayn|ربح|tr=rabḥ}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կապիկ}}
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|maimun|m}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|বান্দৰ}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|monu|m}}, {{t+|ast|simiu|m}}
* Avar: {{t|av|маймалак}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|meymun}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|маймыл}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|tximino}}
* Bau Bidayuh: {{t|sne|oyung}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|ма́лпа|f}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|বাঁদর}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|बानर}}
* Bikol Central:
*: Bikol Legazpi: {{t+|bcl|ukay}}
*: Bikol Naga: {{t+|bcl|amo}}, {{t+|bcl|kabalang}}
* Bole: {{t|bol|bido}}
* Bouyei: {{t|pcc|lingz}}, {{t|pcc|duezlingz}}
* Brunei Malay: {{t|kxd|ambuk}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|майму́на|f}}, {{t|bg|майму́н|m}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|မျောက်}}
* Canela: {{t|ram|cukôj}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|mico|m}}
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|amo}}
* Central Melanau: {{t|mel|kuyad}}
* Chamicuro: {{t|ccc|katujkana}}
* Chechen: {{t|ce|маймал}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎠᏓᎴᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ}}, {{t|chr|ᏓᎴᏍᎩᏍᎩ}}
* Chickasaw: {{t|cic|hattak shawi'}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|馬騮|tr=maa5 lau4-1}}, {{t|yue|猴子|tr=hau4 zi2}} {{qualifier|formal}}
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|ху}}, {{t|dng|хур}}
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|猴|tr=gàu}}
*: Gan: {{t|gan|猴子|tr=heu2 zi}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|猴仔|tr=hèu-é}}, {{t|hak|猴哥|tr=hèu-kô}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|猴|tr=kâu}}, {{t|nan-hbl|猴仔|tr=kâu-á}}, {{t|nan-hbl|老猴|tr=lâu-kâu}}, {{t|nan-hbl|猴山|tr=kâu-san}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|猴山仔|tr=kâu-san--á}}, {{t|nan-hbl|魎哀|tr=lióng-aiⁿ}}
*: Jin: {{t|cjy|毛猴|tr=mau1 hou1}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|猴子|tr=hóuzi}}, {{t+|cmn|猴兒|tr=hóur}}, {{t+|cmn|猴|tr=hóu}} {{qualifier|classical or in compounds}}
*: Northern Min: {{t|mnp|猴屄|tr=gě-biĕ}}, {{t|mnp|猴|tr=gě}}
*: Wu: {{t|wuu|活猻}}
*: Xiang: {{t|hsn|猴子|tr=hou2 zr}}
* Chukchi: {{t|ckt|маӈкы|tr=maṇky}}
* Chuvash: {{t|cv|упӑте}}
* Classical Nahuatl: {{t|nci|ozomahtli}}, {{t|nci|cuauhchīmal}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|sim|m}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|şamek}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|opičák|m}}, {{t+|cs|opice|f}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|abe|c}}, {{qualifier|children's language}} {{t+|da|abekat|c}}
* Dhivehi:  {{t|dv|ރާމާމަކުނު}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|aap|m}}, {{t+|nl|apin|f}}
* Eastern Lawa: {{t|lwl|เฟือะ|tr=fueaʼ}}
* Erzya: {{t|myv|обезьган}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|simio}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|pärdik}}, {{t+|et|ahv}}
* Faroese: {{t+|fo|apa|f}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|apina}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}
* French: {{t+|fr|singe|m}}, {{t+|fr|guenon|f}}
* Gagauz: {{t|gag|maymun}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|mono|m}}, {{t|gl|simio|m}}
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|მაიმუნი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Affe|m}}, {{t+|de|Äffin|f}} {{qualifier|female}}
* Gondi: {{t|gon|కోవె|tr=kōve}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|πίθηκος|m}}, {{t+|el|μαϊμού|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|πίθηκος|m}}
* Greenlandic: {{t+|kl|aapakaaq}}
* Guaraní: {{t|gn|ka'i}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|વાનર|m}}, {{t|gu|વાંદરું|n}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|makak}}
* Hausa: {{t+|ha|biri}}, {{t+|ha|birinya}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|keko}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|קוֹף|m|tr=kof}}
* Higaonon: {{t|mba|amu}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|बंदर|m}} or {{t+|hi|बन्दर|m}}, {{t+|hi|वानर|m}}, {{t+|hi|कपि|m}}, {{t+|hi|मर्कट|m}}, {{t+|hi|बानर|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|majom}}
* Hunsrik: {{t|hrx|Aff|m}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|api|m}}
* Ilocano: {{t|ilo|bakes}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|kera}}, {{t+|id|monyet}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|simia}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|moncaí|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|scimmia|f}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|猿|tr=さる, saru}}, {{t+|ja|サル|tr=saru}}
* Kanakanabu: {{t|xnb|ngʉkau}}
* Karachay-Balkar: {{t|krc|маймул}}
* Kashmiri: {{t|ks|وانٛدُر|m}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|маймыл}}
* Khakas: {{t|kjh|сараамӌын}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ស្វា}}
* Khün: {{t|kkh|ᩃᩥ᩠ᨦ}}
* Kimbundu: {{t|kmb|hima}}
* Konkani: {{t|kok|मांकड|tr=māṅkaḍ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|원숭이}}
* Kumyk: {{t|kum|маймун|tr=maymun}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|مەیموون}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|meymûn|mf}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|маймыл}}, {{t|ky|мечин}}
* Ladino:
*: Latin: {{t|lad|maymona|f}}
* Lakota: {{t|lkt|šúŋka wičháša}}
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ລີງ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|simia|m|f}}, {{t|la|simius|m}}, {{t+|la|simia|f}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|pērtiķis|m}}, {{t|lv|mērkaķis}}
* Lezgi: {{t|lez|маймун}}
* Lingala: {{t|ln|mpunga}}, {{t|ln|makako}}
* Lisu: {{t|lis|ꓚꓬꓹ ꓟꓬꓱꓼ}}, {{t|lis|ꓟꓬꓱꓼ}}, {{t|lis|ꓚꓬꓹ ꓟꓲꓼ}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|beždžionė|f}}
* Low German:
*: Dutch Low Saxon: {{t|nds-nl|aop|m}}
*: German Low German: {{t+|nds-de|Aap|m}}, {{t+|nds-de|Oop|m}}, {{t|nds-de|Aapkatt|f}}, {{t|nds-de|Oopkatt|f}}
* Lü: {{t|khb|ᦟᦲᧂ}}
* Luganda: {{t|lg|nkima}}
* Luhya: {{t|luy|ekhima}}
* Luo: {{t|luo|onger}}
* Macedonian: {{t+|mk|мајмун|m}}
* Maguindanao: {{t|mdh|amo}}, {{t|mdh|ubal}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|gidro}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|monyet}}, {{t+|ms|kera}}, {{t|ms|cewe kerek}}, {{t+|ms|ketek}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|കുരങ്ങന്|m}}, {{t+|ml|കുരങ്ങ്}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|xadin|m|}}, {{t|mt|xadina|f|}}, {{t|mt|kitmejmun|m|}}, {{t|mt|gitmejmun|m|}}
* Manchu: {{t|mnc|ᠪᠣᠨᡳᡠ}}, {{t|mnc|ᠮᠣᠨᡳᠣ}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|apag|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|hako}}, {{t|mi|maki}}, {{t|mi|makimaki}}
* Maranao: {{t|mrw|amo'}}, {{t|mrw|obal}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|माकड}}, {{t|mr|वानर}}
* Mbyá Guaraní: {{t|gun|ka'i}}
* Mon: {{t+|mnw|ကၞုဲ}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|сармагчин}}
*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠰᠠᠷᠮᠠᠭᠴᠢᠨ}}
* Nahuatl:
*: Central: {{t|nhn|ozomahtli}}
*: Classical: {{t|nci|ozomahtli}}
* Nanai: {{t|gld|монён}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|mágí}}, {{t|nv|mągí}}
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|scigna|f}}
* Nivkh: {{t|niv|мем}}, {{t|niv|обезьяна}}
* Nogai: {{t|nog|мешин}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|marmoûset|m}}, {{t|nrf|sînge|m}}
* North Frisian: {{qualifier|Mooring}} {{t|frr|ååwe|n}}; {{qualifier|Föhr-Amrum}} {{t|frr|aab|n}}
* Northern Thai: {{t|nod|ᩃᩥ᩠ᨦ}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|ape|m|f}}, {{t|nb|apekatt|m}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|ape|m|f}}, {{t|nn|apekatt|m}}
* Nuer: {{t|nus|gɔɔk}}
* Nyar Kur: {{t|cbn|ฮนูย}}
* O'odham: {{t|ood|chahngo}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|monin}}, {{t+|oc|monard}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ବାନର}}
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|мамона|f}}, {{t|orv|мамонь}}, {{t|orv|обезьꙗна|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|apa|m}}
* Old Norse: {{t|non|api|m}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|میمون|tr=maymun}}
* Pali: {{t|pi|vānara|m}}, {{t|pi|kapi|m}}
* Pannonian Rusyn: {{t|rsk|маймун|m}}, {{t|rsk|налпа|f}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|بيزو|f|tr=bizo}}
* Persian:
*: Dari: {{t+|prs|مَیْمُون}}, {{t+|prs|بُوزِینَه}}, {{t+|prs|کَپِی}}, {{t+|prs|کَپِّی}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|مِیْمون}}, {{t+|fa-ira|بوزینِه}}, {{t+|fa-ira|کَپی}}, {{t+|fa-ira|کَپّی}}
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|sumia|f}}
* Pipil: {{t|ppl|usumati}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|małpa|f}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|macaco|m}}, {{t+|pt|símio|m}}, {{t+|pt|mono|m}}
* Punjabi:
*: Gurmukhi: {{t|pa|ਬੰਦਰ|m}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|k'usillu}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|maimuță|f}}, {{t|ro|simie|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|обезья́на|f}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}
* Saek: {{t|skb|ลิ๊ง}}
* Sanskrit: {{t+|sa|वानर|m}}, {{t+|sa|कपि|m}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|moninca|f}}
* Saterland Frisian: {{t|stq|Oape}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|muncaidh}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ма̀јмун|m}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}, {{t|sh|о̀пица|f}} {{qualifier|zoological, regional}}, {{t|sh|јо́пац|m}} {{qualifier|regional}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|màjmun|m}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}, {{t+|sh|òpica|f}} {{qualifier|zoological, regional}}, {{t+|sh|jópac|m}} {{qualifier|regional}}
* Shan: {{t+|shn|လိင်း}}
* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|වඳුරා}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|opica|f}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|opica|f}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}
* Sorbian:
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|nałpa|f}}
* Southern Altai: {{t|alt|мечин}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|mono|m}}, {{t+|es|chango|m}} {{qualifier|Mexico}}, {{t+|es|mico|m}} {{qualifier|Central America|Colombia|Ecuador}}, {{t+|es|simio|m}}, {{t+|es|jimio|m}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|tumbili|c9|c10}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|apa|c}}
* Sylheti: {{t|syl|ꠛꠣꠘ꠆ꠖꠞ}}
* Tabaru: {{t|tby|mia}}
* Tagal Murut: {{t|mvv|tanduoi}}, {{t|mvv|jabulou}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|unggoy|c}}, {{t|tl|tsonggo}}
* Tai Dam: {{t|blt|ꪩꪲꪉ}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|маймун}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|குரங்கு}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|маймыл}}, {{t|tt|маймул}}
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|amu}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|కోతి}}, {{t+|te|వానరము}}
* Ternate: {{t|tft|mia}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ลิง}}
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|སྤྲེའུ}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ህበይ}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|mokoṃśka|m}}, {{t|txb|mokoṃśke|f}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|maymun}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|maýmyn}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|сарбашкын}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|ма́впа|f}} {{qualifier|includes apes}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|بَنْدَر|m}}, {{t|ur|وانَر|m}}, {{t|ur|کَپی|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t+|ug|مايمۇن}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|maymun}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|khỉ}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|séndje|m}}, {{t+|wa|mårticot|m}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|mwnci|m}}
* West Coast Bajau: {{t|bdr|rungui}}, {{t|bdr|mook}}, {{t|bdr|kuya}}
* Western Bukidnon Manobo: {{t|mbb|uval}}
* Western Lawa: {{t|lcp|เฟือะ|tr=fueaʼ}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|liab}}
* Wolof: {{t+|wo|golo|alt=golo gi}}
* Yakut: {{t|sah|эбисийээнэ}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|מאַלפּע|f}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|ọ̀bọ}}
* Yucatec Maya: {{t|yua|maʼax}}
* Zhuang: {{t|za|lingz}}, {{t|za|maxlaeuz}}, {{t|za|duzlingz}}
* Zulgo-Gemzek: {{t|gnd|ŋgìlìŋ}}
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{{trans-top|mischievous child}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|馬騮|tr=maa5 lau4-1}}
*: Hakka: {{t|hak|猴哥仔|tr=hèu-kô-é}}, {{t|hak|細猴仔|tr=se-hèu-é}} {{qualifier|boy}}, {{t|hak|野猴仔|tr=yâ-hèu-é}}
*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|猴山仔|tr=kâu-san-á}}, {{t+|nan-hbl|猴囡仔|tr=kâu-gín-á}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|猴子|tr=hóuzi}}, {{t+|cmn|小猴子|tr=xiǎohóuzi}} {{qualifier|boy}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|apenjong}}, {{t|nl|brutale [[aap]]}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|infanaĉo}}, {{t+|eo|bubo}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|apina}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|мајмунче|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|прока́зник|m}}, {{t+|ru|прока́зница|f}}, {{t+|ru|шалу́н|m}}, {{t+|ru|шалу́нья|f}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|afna}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|mårticot|m}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|mwnci|m}}
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===Verb===
{{en-verb|past2=monkied}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive|informal}} To [[meddle]]; to [[mess]] (with).
#: {{syn|en|interfere|fiddle}}
#: {{ux|en|Please don't '''monkey''' with the controls if you don't know what you're doing.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1920|author=w:Peter B. Kyne|title=The Understanding Heart|chapter=XII
|passage=“As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps! {{...}} Why '''monkey''' with weak imitations when you can come close to the original?”}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[mimic]]; to [[ape]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2011|author=Elizabeth Mosier|title=The Playgroup|page=83
|passage=He winked at Liza, who '''monkeyed''' him, holding her own eye shut.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|monkey around}}
* {{l|en|monkey up}}
* {{l|en|spank the monkey}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|to meddle, mess with}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiplata}}, {{t|fi|näpelöidä}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|валя́ть дурака́}}
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===See also===
* {{l|en|ape}}
* {{l|en|primate}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=ekmnoy|Myōken}}

{{c|en|Dances|Monkeys|Card games|Drugs}}