missing link

English

Noun

missing link (plural missing links)

1. (colloquial) A hypothetical primate once thought necessary to explain a perceived evolutionary gap between apes and humans.
2. (figuratively) Any sought-after or valuable intermediary figure or position.

Translations

hypothetical primate

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 缺少的環節／缺少的环节, 缺少的环节 (quēshǎo de huánjié), 缺環／缺环 (quēhuán), 缺环 (quēhuán)

• Finnish: puuttuva rengas
• French: chaînon manquant (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: fehlendes Glied n, fehlendes Bindeglied n, Missing Link m or n, fehlende Verbindung f
• Japanese: ミッシングリンク (misshingu rinku)
• Portuguese: elo perdido m
• Russian: недостаю́щее звено́ n (nedostajúščeje zvenó), перехо́дная фо́рма f (perexódnaja fórma)
• Serbo-Croatian: karika koja nedostaje
• Spanish: eslabón perdido (es) m

figuratively: sought-after intermediary figure

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 缺少的環節／缺少的环节, 缺少的环节 (quēshǎo de huánjié), 缺環／缺环 (quēhuán), 缺环 (quēhuán)

• Finnish: puuttuva rengas
• French: chaînon manquant (fr) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: fehlendes Glied n, fehlendes Bindeglied n, fehlende Verbindung f
• Russian: недостаю́щее звено́ n (nedostajúščeje zvenó)
• Spanish: eslabón perdido (es) m