orang-outan

French

Alternative forms

• ourang-outang

Etymology

From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ɡu.tɑ̃/

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Noun

orang-outan m (plural orang-outans)

1. orangutan (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Descendants

• → Romanian: urangutan

Further reading

• “orang-outan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.