orangutan

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

Malay orang (“person", "man”) + hutan (“forest”) "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): /əˈɹæŋ.ə.tæn/, /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæn/, /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæŋ/

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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.

Etymology

From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.

Noun

orangutan m (plural orangutans)

1. orangutan

Noun

orangutan m

1. orangutan

Further reading

• orangutan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• orangutan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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

Etymology

From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oranɡǔtaːn/
• Hyphenation: o‧ran‧gu‧tan

Noun

orangùtān m (Cyrillic spelling орангу̀та̄н)

1. orangutan

Etymology

From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.

Noun

orangutan

1. orangutan