orangutan
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Malay orang (“person", "man”) + hutan (“forest”) "forest man". The name "orang utan (sic)" appears to have been bestowed by Europeans. The indigenous name given to the apes Pongo pygmaeus and Pongo abelii by locals historically was mawas.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈɹæŋ.ə.tæn/, /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæn/, /əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæŋ/
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Noun[edit]
orangutan (plural orangutans)
- An arboreal anthropoid ape genus Pongo consisting of two species, Pongo pygmaeus of Borneo and Pongo abelii of Sumatra, having a shaggy reddish-brown coat, long arms, and no tail.
Descendants[edit]
- → Catalan: orangutan
- → Czech: orangutan
- → Faroese: orangutang (perhaps via another European language)
- → French: orang-outan
- → Romanian: urangutan
- → German: Orang-Utan
- → Greek: ουρακοτάγκος (ourakotágkos)
- → Hungarian: orangután
- → Italian: orangutan, orango
- → Japanese: オランウータン (oran'ūtan)
- → Polish: orangutan
- → Russian: орангутан (orangutan)
- → Armenian: օրանգուտան (ōrangutan)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- → Spanish: orangután
- → Galician: orangután
- → Swedish: orangutang
- → Thai: อุรังอุตัง (ù-rang-ù-dtang)
- → Turkish: orangutan
Translations[edit]
arboreal anthropoid ape
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Noun[edit]
orangutan m (plural orangutans)
Czech[edit]
Noun[edit]
orangutan m
Further reading[edit]
- orangutan in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- orangutan in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Italian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Noun[edit]
orangutan m (invariable)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
orangùtān m (Cyrillic spelling орангу̀та̄н)
Declension[edit]
Declension of orangutan
singular | plural | |
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nominative | orangutan | orangutani |
genitive | orangutana | orangutana |
dative | orangutanu | orangutanima |
accusative | orangutana | orangutane |
vocative | orangutane | orangutani |
locative | orangutanu | orangutanima |
instrumental | orangutanom | orangutanima |
Turkish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Noun[edit]
orangutan
Declension[edit]
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | orangutan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | orangutanı | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nominative | orangutan | orangutanlar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Definite accusative | orangutanı | orangutanları | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dative | orangutana | orangutanlara | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locative | orangutanda | orangutanlarda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ablative | orangutandan | orangutanlardan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | orangutanın | orangutanların | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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