pygmee

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See also: pygmée

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch pigmene (“Pygmies”), from Latin Pygmaeī, from Ancient Greek πυγμαῖος (pugmaîos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɪxˈmeː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: pyg‧mee
  • Rhymes: -eː

Noun

pygmee m (plural pygmeeën)

  1. a pygmy (member of an African tribe of short people)
  2. a pygmy animal, a dwarf animal
    Synonym: dwerg
  3. (derogatory, uncommon) an insignificant person, a pygmy

Latin

Adjective

pygmee

  1. vocative masculine singular of pygmeus
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