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primate
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)
- (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.
- (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)
- (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.
- (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.
- (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)
- 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)
- primate (animal)
Italian
Noun
primate m (plural primati)
- primate (ecclesiastical title)
Related terms
- primati (mammals) (plurale tantum)
- primato (primacy)
Anagrams
- impetra, temprai
Spanish
Noun
primate m (plural primates)
- primate (animal)
primate From the web:
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- what primate is closest to humans
- what primates are native to north america
- what primates live in madagascar
- what primates have prehensile tails
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- what primate has the longest arms
- what primates can swim
lemuroid
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From lemur +? -oid
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?li?.m?(?)???d/
Adjective
lemuroid (comparative more lemuroid, superlative most lemuroid)
- Of or relating to the primate superfamily Lemuroidea (lemurs)
Synonyms
- lemuridous
- lemurine
Noun
lemuroid (plural lemuroids)
- A member of the Lemuroidea superfamily of strepsirrhine primates, including lemurs
- An animal that has the appearance or characteristics of a lemur
Translations
- Italian: lemuroideo (it)
Anagrams
- mouldier
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