different between primate vs quadrumane

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

Etymology

From French quadrumane, from Late Latin quadrumanus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kw?d??me?n/

Noun

quadrumane (plural quadrumanes)

1. (zoology, now rare) An animal having four hands and feet with opposable digits, specifically a member of the now obsolete order of mammals Quadrumana, comprising all non-human primates; a primate.

Adjective

quadrumane (comparative more quadrumane, superlative most quadrumane)

1. (zoology, now rare) Pertaining to such an animal; quadrumanous; loosely, "ape-like".

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin quadrumanus, from quattuor (whence French quatre) and manus (whence main).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.d?y.man/, /kwa.d?y.man/

Noun

quadrumane m (plural quadrumanes)

1. (zoology) quadrumane

Adjective

quadrumane (plural quadrumanes)

1. (zoology) quadrumanous, quadrumane

See also

• quadrupède

Further reading

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