gibão — meaning in English

English meaning

• doublet noun A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
• 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 A pair of two similar or equal things; couple.
2. noun One of two or more different words in a language derived from the same etymological root but having different phonological forms (e.g., toucher and toquer in French or shade and shadow in English). See also Appendix:Glossary#doublet.
3. noun In textual criticism, two different narrative accounts of the same actual 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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