talapoin

• tallapoi (archaic)

From French talapoin, from Portuguese talapão, from Mon တၠဳ ပိုဲ (tloe poi, “our lord”).

talapoin (plural talapoins)

1. A monkey from one of two species of Old World monkeys, of the genus Miopithecus, distinguished by a short-snouted head with a hairless face.
2. (archaic, Buddhism) A Buddhist monk or priest.

Borrowed from Portuguese talapão, from Mon တၠဳ ပိုဲ (tloe poi, “our lord”).

• IPA^(key): /ta.la.pwɛ̃/

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talapoin m (plural talapoins)

1. talapoin (monkey in the genus Miopithecus)
2. Buddhist monk or priest, particularly in Burma or Thailand

• “talapoin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.