different between primate vs australopithecine

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?a?me?t/
• Hyphenation: pri?mate

Etymology 1

From French primate [1876], from Latin primas (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”). So named due to the belief that primates are the “highest” order of mammals/animals.

Noun

primate (plural primates)

1. (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.

2. (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:primate

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English primate, primat, from Old French primat, from a noun use of Latin primat-, from primas, alternative form of primus (“prime, first rank”). Compare English primus, of similar derivation and meaning. [circa 1200]

Noun

primate (plural primates)

1. (ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.
2. (ecclesiastical) In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region. Usually, the expression primate refers to the first hierarch of an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church. Less often, it is used to refer to the ruling bishop of an archdiocese or diocese.
3. (ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

Derived terms

Related terms

• primatial
• primus

Translations

See also

• ultimate
• exarch
• patriarch

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i.mat/

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

1. primate (mammal)

See also

• primat m
• primauté
• primatie

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• empirât, trempai

Galician

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

1. primate (animal)

Italian

Noun

primate m (plural primati)

1. primate (ecclesiastical title)

Related terms

• primati (mammals) (plurale tantum)
• primato (primacy)

Anagrams

• impetra, temprai

Spanish

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

1. primate (animal)

English

Alternative forms

• Australopithecine

Etymology

Originally in reference to a now-obsolete subfamily, Australopithecinae.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??st??l?(?)?p???si?n/

Noun

australopithecine (plural australopithecines)

1. (anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera. [from 20th c.]
   • 2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA 2003, p. 391:

     Australopithecines came in several varieties, some slender and gracile, like Raymond Dart's Taung child, others more sturdy and robust, but all were capable of walking upright.

   • 2011, Chris Stringer, The Origin of Our Species, Penguin 2012, p. 151:

     Caspari and Lee carried out comparisons ranging from ancient hominins such as australopithecines through to Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons, assessing the ratios of young adults to old adults.

Translations

Adjective

australopithecine (comparative more australopithecine, superlative most australopithecine)

1. (anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.

Synonyms

• australopith (depending on classification)

Translations