gibão — meaning in English

English meaning

• doublet noun Two things of the same kind considered together as a pair.
• gibbon noun A small, long-armed ape that swings rapidly through trees using its arms.

Senses

gibão is used for these senses in English:

• doublet A man’s close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn by European men from the 1400s to the 1600s.
• gibbon A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch.

doublet — full definition

1. noun Two things of the same kind considered together as a pair.
2. noun One of two words in a language that come from the same original root but ended up sounding different, such as English shade and shadow.
3. noun In the study of old texts, two separate accounts describing the same real event.
4. noun An imitation gem made of two pieces of glass or crystal with a layer of color between them.

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