pygmee

See also: pygmée

Dutch

Alternative forms

• pigmee (superseded)
• Pigmee (archaic)
• Pygmee (superseded)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪxˈmeː/

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• 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