hominid

See also: homínid

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-ōm

Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm

Proto-Indo-European *-ō

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ

Proto-Italic *hemō

Latin hemō

Latin homōlbor.

Translingual Homo

Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs)

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ēs

Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)

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 (US):

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Noun

hominid (plural hominids)

1. (archaic) Any human, the only members of the family Hominidae as traditionally defined.
2. Any anthropoid of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.[from 1960s]

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

   Hyponyms: great ape, hominin

Derived terms

• nonhominid
• prehominid
• protohominid

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

References

• “hominid”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hominid	hominidul	hominizi	hominizii
genitive-dative	hominid	hominidului	hominizi	hominizilor
vocative	hominidule		hominizilor