hominid

See also: homínid

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ

Proto-Italic *hemō

Latin hemō

Latin homōlbor.

Translingual Homo

Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs)bor.

Latin -ideslbor.

Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)influ.

Translingual -idae

Translingual Hominidaelbor.

English hominid

Learned borrowing from translingual Hominidae.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑ.mə.nɪd/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

hominid (plural hominids)

1. Any primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the nonhuman great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.

   Synonyms: great ape, hominiform; see also Thesaurus:hominid

   Hyponyms: great ape, hominin

Translations

primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae

• Catalan: homínid m
• Czech: hominid (cs) m
• Esperanto: homedo (eo)
• French: hominidé (fr) m
• Galician: homínido m
• German: Hominide (de) m, Hominid m (less common), Hominidin f, Großaffe m, Grossaffe m (Switzerland, Liechtenstein), Großäffin f, Grossäffin f (Switzerland, Liechtenstein), Menschenaffe (de) m, Menschenäffin f
• Greek: Ανθρωπίδας (Anthropídas), Ανθρωπίδης (el) (Anthropídis)
• Irish: homainid f
• Italian: ominide (it) m
• Portuguese: hominídeo (pt)
• Romanian: hominid (ro) m
• Russian: гомини́д (ru) m (gominíd)
• Sicilian: uminidi m
• Spanish: homínido (es) m
• Swedish: människoapa (sv) c

Adjective

hominid (not comparable)

1. Of the Hominidae.

Translations

of the Hominidae

• Irish: homainideach
• Portuguese: hominídeo (pt)

See also

• pongid
• Pongidae

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦomɪnɪt]

Noun

hominid m anim

1. hominid

Declension

Declension of hominid (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	hominid	hominidé
genitive	hominida	hominidů
dative	hominidovi, hominidu	hominidům
accusative	hominida	hominidy
vocative	hominide	hominidé
locative	hominidovi, hominidu	hominidech
instrumental	hominidem	hominidy

Related terms

• See homo

Further reading

• “hominid”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hominide.

Noun

hominid m (plural hominizi)

1. hominid

Declension

Declension of hominid

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) hominid	hominidul	(niște) hominizi	hominizii
genitive/dative	(unui) hominid	hominidului	(unor) hominizi	hominizilor
vocative	hominidule		hominizilor