Grammatical class

Noun

gorille

gorilla (largest of the apes, belonging to the genus Gorilla, native to the forests of central Africa and known for their trait of knuckle-walking)

Details

Syllables

go-ril-le

Phonetics

go.ʁij

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

17611

Freq. (movies)

8025

Freq. (news)

44605

Sentences

Gare au gorille.

Beware of the gorilla.

A1

Un reporter est en train d'interviewer Docteur Patterson à propos de Koko, un gorille parlant.

A reporter is interviewing Dr. Patterson about Koko, a talking gorilla.

A2

En réalité, le gorille a beaucoup de sentiments en commun avec les êtres humains.

In fact, gorillas have many of the same feelings that people have.

B1