bavian

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See also: bavían

English

Noun

bavian (plural bavians)

  1. (obsolete) A baboon.

Danish

Etymology

From late Middle Dutch or early modern Dutch baviaan (“baboon”), from Middle French, from Old French.

Noun

bavian c (singular definite bavianen, plural indefinite bavianer)

  1. baboon (Papio)

Inflection

Declension of bavian
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bavian bavianen bavianer bavianerne
genitive bavians bavianens bavianers bavianernes

Derived terms

See also

Norwegian Bokmål

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bavian

Etymology

From Dutch baviaan.

Pronunciation

Noun

bavian m (definite singular bavianen, indefinite plural bavianer, definite plural bavianene)

  1. a baboon (primate)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Wikipedia nn

Etymology

From Dutch baviaan.

Noun

bavian m (definite singular bavianen, indefinite plural bavianar, definite plural bavianane)

  1. a baboon (primate)

References

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