primate

See also: Primate

English

WOTD – 29 March 2016
A gorilla, which is a type of primate, in Duisburg Zoo, Duisburg, Germany

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mate

Etymology 1

From French primate. [1876]

Noun

primate (plural primates)

  1. (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.
    Primates range from lemurs to gorillas.
  2. (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.
Hyponyms
  • See also Thesaurus:primate
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Etymology 2

From Old French primat, from a noun use of Latin primat-, from 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 Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁi.mat/

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

  1. primate (mammal)

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Galician

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

  1. primate (animal)

Italian

Noun

primate m (plural primati)

  1. primate (ecclesiastical title)

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Spanish

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

  1. primate (animal)
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