bavian

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

• hanbavian
• hunbavian

See also

• bavian on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

bavian

Etymology

From Dutch baviaan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑʋɪɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn

Noun

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

1. a baboon (primate)

References

• “bavian” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Dutch baviaan.

Noun

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

1. a baboon (primate)
2. (nautical) a man having watch on a boat, when no one other can do it, e.g. on a Sunday evening

References

• “bavian” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.