different between macaque vs orangutan

English

Etymology

From French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /m??k?k/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /m??k??k/, /m??kæk/

Noun

macaque (plural macaques)

1. Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae, especially genus Macaca.

Derived terms

• Japanese macaque
• pig-tailed macaque
• rhesus macaque

Translations

See also

• Barbary ape

French

Etymology

From Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kak/

Noun

macaque m (plural macaques)

1. macaque
2. (Louisiana) monkey
3. (Louisiana) clown

Synonyms

• (monkey): singe m
• (clown): clown m

Derived terms

• macaque rhésus
• macaquerie

Further reading

• “macaque” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Alternative forms

• orang utan, orang-utan, orang-utang, orangutang, orangoutan, orangoutang

Etymology

From Malay orang (“person, man”) + hutan (“forest”); literally, "forest man". The name "orang utan (sic)" appears to have been bestowed by Europeans. The indigenous name given to the apes Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii by locals historically was mawas.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???æ?.?.tæn/, /???æ?.??tæ?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???æ?.??tæn/, /???æ?.??tæ?/

Noun

orangutan (plural orangutans)

1. An arboreal anthropoid ape genus Pongo consisting of two species, Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo and Pongo abelii of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, long arms, and no tail.

Descendants

• ? Catalan: orangutan
• ? Czech: orangutan
• ? Faroese: orangutang (perhaps via another European language)
• ? French: orang-outan
  • ? Romanian: urangutan
• ? German: Orang-Utan
• ? Greek: ???????????? (ourakotágkos)
• ? Hungarian: orangután
• ? Italian: orangutan, orango
• ? Japanese: ??????? (oran'?tan)
• ? Polish: orangutan
• ? Russian: ????????? (orangutan)
  • ? Armenian: ?????????? (?rangutan)
• ? Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic: ???????????
  • Latin: orangùt?n
• ? Spanish: orangután
  • ? Galician: orangután
• ? Swedish: orangutang
• ? Thai: ?????????? (ù-rang-ù-dtang)
• ? Turkish: orangutan

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /o.???.?u?tan/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /u.???.?u?tan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /o.?a?.?u?tan/

Noun

orangutan m (plural orangutans)

1. orangutan

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?ora??utan]

Noun

orangutan m anim

1. orangutan

Derived terms

• orangutaní

Further reading

• orangutan in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• orangutan in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Alternative forms

• orango, urango, orangotango, orangutango, orangotano, orangutano, rangutan, rangutano

Etymology

Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.

Noun

orangutan m (invariable)

1. orangutan

Polish

Etymology

From English orangutan, from Malay orang (“person, man”) + hutan (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.ran??u.tan/

Noun

orangutan m anim

1. orangutan

Declension

Further reading

• orangutan in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• orangutan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oran??ta?n/
• Hyphenation: o?ran?gu?tan

Noun

orangùt?n m (Cyrillic spelling ???????????)

1. orangutan

Declension

Turkish

Etymology

From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.

Noun

orangutan

1. orangutan

Declension