macaque

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, from Bantu [[makaku#Template:bnt|makaku]] (“some monkeys”) ‘some monkeys’, from ma- numeric prefix + kaku ‘monkey’.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /məˈkɑk/
• (UK) IPA: /məˈkɑːk/, /məˈkæk/

Noun

macaque (plural macaques)

1. Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the genus Macaca.

Derived terms

• Japanese macaque
• pigtailed macaque
• rhesus macaque

Translations

any monkey of the family Macaca

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獼猴 (cmn), 猕猴 (cmn) (míhóu), 猢猻 (cmn), 猢狲 (cmn) (húsūn)

• Czech: makak (cs) m
• Dutch: makaak (nl)
• Finnish: makaki (fi)
• French: macaque (fr) m
• German: Makak (de) m, Makake (de) m
• Greek: μακάκος (el) (makákos) m 

• Irish: meacaic (ga) f
• Japanese: マカク (ja) (makaku)
• Portuguese: macaco (pt)
• Romanian: macac (ro) m
• Russian: макака (ru) (makáka) f 
• Swedish: makak (sv) c
• Vietnamese: khỉ (vi)

See also

• Barbary ape

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French

Etymology

From Portuguese macaco, from Bantu makaku ‘some monkeys’, from ma- numeric prefix + kaku ‘monkey’.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /makak/

Noun

macaque m (plural macaques)

1. macaque

Derived terms

• macaque rhésus