macaque

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
A pair of macaques

Etymology

[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more). Doublet of macaco.

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

macaque (plural macaques)

  1. Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae, especially genus Macaca.
    • 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 43:
      They are able to recall past images and apply them to current problem solving. In other words, macaques employ memory in order to survive.

Derived terms

[edit]

Translations

[edit]

See also

[edit]

French

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

Borrowed from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

macaque m (plural macaques)

  1. macaque
  2. (Louisiana) monkey
    Synonym: singe m
  3. (Louisiana) clown
    Synonym: clown m

Derived terms

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Haitian Creole: makak
  • Bulgarian: макак (makak)
  • English: macaque
  • German: Makake
  • Romanian: macac

Further reading

[edit]