lemur

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See also: Lemur, lémur, lèmur, and lemúr

English[edit]

ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lemurēs (spirits of the dead). The name was originally given to the red slender loris (then Lemur tardigradus) in 1754 by Carl Linnaeus. According to Linnaeus, the name was selected because of the nocturnal activity and slow movements of the red slender loris. In 1758, Linnaeus added, among others, the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) to the genus Lemur. All other species, including the red slender loris, were eventually moved to other genera. In time, the word became the colloquial name for all primates endemic to Madagascar.[1]

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Noun[edit]

lemur (plural lemurs)

  1. (colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
  2. Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
  3. (obsolete) A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

Usage notes[edit]

The taxonomy is currently disputed, see Taxonomy of lemurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms[edit]

terms derived from lemur (noun)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ A. R. Dunkel; J. S. Zijlstra; C. P. Groves (2011/2012), “Giant Rabbits, Marmosets, and British Comedies: Etymology of Lemur Names, Part 1”, in Lemur News[1], volume 16, archived from the original on 2016-11-06, pages 64–70.

Czech[edit]

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Noun[edit]

lemur m anim

  1. lemur

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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Further reading[edit]

  • lemur in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lemur in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Verb[edit]

lemur (weak)

  1. second-person singular present indicative of lemja
  2. third-person singular present indicative of lemja

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French lémur, from Latin lemurēs.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

lemur m animal

  1. lemur (primate)

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Further reading[edit]

  • lemur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lemur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French lémure.

Noun[edit]

lemur m (plural lemuri)

  1. lemur

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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lěmuːr/
  • Hyphenation: le‧mur

Noun[edit]

lèmūr m (Cyrillic spelling лѐмӯр)

  1. lemur

Declension[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin lemures (spirits).

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Noun[edit]

lemur c

  1. a lemur

Declension[edit]

Declension of lemur 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lemur lemuren lemurer lemurerna
Genitive lemurs lemurens lemurers lemurernas

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish lémur or English lemur, from Latin lemurēs (spirits of the dead).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: le‧mur
  • IPA(key): /ˈlemuɾ/, [ˈlɛ.mʊɾ]

Noun[edit]

lemur (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. lemur