singe means “monkey” | MotiTan French Dictionary

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Le singe joue avec une banane.

The monkey plays with a banana.

A quick-climbing social primate with expressive movements and alert behavior.

animal: A general term for any kind of animal.
bête: A casual word for an animal or living creature.

Désigne, dans le langage courant, un mammifère primate souvent sociable, vif et bon grimpeur.

The French noun singe developed from Old French singe, which was borrowed from Latin simia and ultimately traces back to Greek.

Calling a person a singe can sound insulting because the word can compare human behavior or movements to those of a monkey.