different between marmoset vs tamarin

English

Etymology

From Middle French marmouset (“gargoyle; small child”), probably from marmouser (“to mumble”), of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?m??m?s?t/, /?m??m?z?t/

Noun

marmoset (plural marmosets)

1. A small monkey, now specifically a Central and South American monkey of the genera Callithrix, Mico, Cebuella, or Callibella, with claws instead of nails, and a rather primitive layout. [from 14th c.]
2. (obsolete) A hideous figure; a grotesque. [15th-19th c.]
3. (derogatory, now rare) An unappealing or foolish man. [from 16th c.]

Derived terms

• Atlantic marmosets (genus Callithrix)

  common marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)

  black-tufted marmoset (Callithrix penicillata)

  Wied's marmoset (Callithrix kuhlii)

  white-headed marmoset (Callithrix geoffroyi)

  buffy-headed marmoset (Callithrix flaviceps)

  buffy-tufted marmoset (Callithrix aurita)

• Amazonian marmosets (Mico)

  Rio Acari marmoset (genus Mico acariensis)

  silvery marmoset (Mico argentatus)

  white marmoset (Mico leucippe)

  Emilia's marmoset (Mico emiliae)

  black-headed marmoset (Mico nigriceps)

  Marca's marmoset (Mico marcai)

  black-tailed marmoset (Mico melanura)

  Santarem marmoset (Mico humeralifer)

  Maués marmoset (Mico mauesi)

  Munduruku marmoset (Mico munduruku)

  gold-and-white marmoset (Mico chrysoleucos)

  Hershkovitz's marmoset (Mico intermedius)

  Satéré marmoset (Mico saterei)

  Rondon's marmoset (Mico rondoni)

• Roosmalens' dwarf marmoset, black-crowned dwarf marmoset (genus Callibella or subgenus Callithrix (Callibella))

  (species Callibella humilis or Callithrix humilis)

• pygmy marmoset (genus Cebuella or subgenus Callithrix (Cebuella))

  (Cebuella pygmaea or Callithrix pygmaea)

Translations

References

• marmoset on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• List of sequenced animal genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Callitrichidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Callitrichidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Metsamor, memorats, somatrem

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tamarin (“tamarin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tæm???n/

Noun

tamarin (plural tamarins)

1. One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys.

Translations

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????

Further reading

• tamarin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Martian, Martina, martian

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ma.???/

Etymology 1

From Middle French tamarin, from earlier tamarinde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic ????? ????????? (tamr hindiyy).

Noun

tamarin m (plural tamarins)

2. tamarind

Descendants

• ? Romanian: tamarin

Etymology 2

From earlier tamary, from a Tupi-Guarani language; influenced in form by Etymology 1.

Noun

tamarin m (plural tamarins)

2. tamarin

Descendants

• ? English: tamarin
  • ? Japanese: ????
• ? Romanian: tamarin

Further reading

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

Japanese

Romanization

tamarin

1. R?maji transcription of ????

Romanian

Etymology

From French tamarin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ma?rin/

Noun

tamarin m (plural tamarini)

1. tamarind

   Synonym: tamarind

2. tamarin

Declension

Further reading

• tamarin in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)