primate

English

Etymology

From Old French or French primat, from a noun use of Latin primat-, from primus (“prime, first rank”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpraɪmeɪt/ SAMPA: /"praImeIt/

Noun

primate (plural primates)

1. (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.

   Primates range from lemures to gorillas

2. (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human, or large monkey.
3. (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 circonscription.
4. (ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:primate

Translations

mammal

Chinese: Mandarin: 靈長目動物 (zh), 灵长目动物 (zh) (língzhǎngmù dòngwù), 靈長目 (zh), 灵长目动物 (zh) (língzhǎngmù) Dutch: primaat (nl) m. Finnish: kädellinen (fi) French: primate (fr) m. German: Primat (de) m.

Icelandic: prímati (is) m., fremdardýr (is) n. Italian: primati m. (plurale tantum) Japanese: 霊長類 (ja) (れいちょうるい, reichōrui) Lithuanian: primatas (lt) m. Portuguese: primata (pt) m. Russian: примат (ru) (primat) m. Vietnamese: động vật có tay, động vật linh trưởng

archbishop or bishop

Chinese: Mandarin: 總主教 (zh), 总主教 (zh) (zǒngzhǔjiào) Dutch: primaat (nl) m. Finnish: priimas (fi) French: primat (fr) m.

German: Primat (de) m. Italian: primate (it) m. Japanese: 大主教 (ja) (だいしゅきょう, daishukyō) Manx: ard-aspick (gv) m. Vietnamese: tổng giám mục (vi)

Related terms

• Primates
• primateship
• primatial
• Primate of All England
• Primate of England
• Primate of the Gauls

See also

ape aye-aye capuchin douroucouli entrina exarch galago

gibbon great ape howler monkey human, human being indri lemur loris

marmoset monkey night monkey owl monkey patriarch potto saki simian

spider monkey squirrel monkey tamarin tarsier titi uakari woolly monkey

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French

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pʁi.mat/, SAMPA: /pRi.mat/

Noun

primate m. (plural primates)

1. primate (mammal)

See also

• primat m.
• primauté
• primatie

Anagrams

• empirât, trempai

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Galician

Noun

primate m. (plural primates)

1. primate (animal)

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Italian

Noun

primate m. (plural primati)

1. primate (ecclesiastical title)

Related terms

• primati (mammals) (plurale tantum)
• primato (primacy)

Anagrams

• impetra, temprai