Lackaffe
German (Berlin)
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) A person who is unsympathetic and seems wealthy or foppish (stereotypically e.g. a banker with a big loud sports car)
Etymology
Compound from German Lack (varnish, lacquer) + German Affe (monkey, ape).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Affe
Gloss
monkey, ape
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lacca Latin
- Affe German
- Affenarschloch German
- Affenbrotbaum German
- Affenente German
- Affenjacke German
- Berberaffe German
- Farblack German
- Fellaffe German
- Goldlack German
- Inselaffe German
- Klammeraffe German
- Lack German
- Lackleder German
- Lackschicht German
- Lackstock German
- Maulaffe German
- Menschenaffe German
- Nachtaffe German
- Äffchen German
- Äffin German
- äffen German
- lacca Italian
- lak Dutch, Flemish
- laque French
- лак Russian
- lak Polish
- lak Danish
- affo Old High German
- лачен Bulgarian
- ahv Estonian
- afna Slovene
- afa Silesian