primate

See also: Primate

English

WOTD – 29 March 2016

A gorilla, which is a type of primate, in Duisburg Zoo, Duisburg, Germany

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpraɪmeɪt/

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• Hyphenation: pri‧mate

Etymology 1

From French primate. [1876]

Noun

primate ‎(plural primates)

1. (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.

   Primates range from lemurs to gorillas.‎

2. (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:primate

ape aye-aye capuchin douroucouli entrina exarch galago

gibbon great ape howler monkey human, human being indri lemur loris

marmoset monkey night monkey owl monkey patriarch potto saki simian

spider monkey squirrel monkey tamarin tarsier titi uakari woolly monkey

Translations

mammal

• Afrikaans: primaat
• Armenian: պրիմատ ‎(primat)
• Catalan: primat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靈長目動物, 灵长目动物 ‎(língzhǎngmù dòngwù), 靈長目 (zh), 灵长目动物 ‎(língzhǎngmù)

• Dutch: primaat (nl) m
• Finnish: kädellinen (fi)
• French: primate (fr) m
• Georgian: პრიმატი ‎(ṗrimaṭi)
• German: Primat (de) m

• Icelandic: prímati m, fremdardýr n
• Italian: primati m (plurale tantum), primate (it)
• Japanese: 霊長類 (ja) ‎(れいちょうるい, reichōrui)
• Lithuanian: primatas (lt) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: primat m

  Nynorsk: primat m

• Portuguese: primata (pt) m
• Russian: прима́т (ru) m ‎(primát)
• Spanish: primate (es) m
• Swedish: primat c
• Vietnamese: động vật có tay, động vật linh trưởng

Etymology 2

From Old French primat, from a noun use of Latin primat-, from primus ‎(“prime, first rank”). Compare English primus, of similar derivation and meaning. [circa 1200]

Noun

primate ‎(plural primates)

1. (ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.
2. (ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Primate of All England Primate of England Primate of the Gauls

Primates primateship

Related terms

• primatial
• primus

Translations

archbishop or bishop

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 總主教 (zh), 总主教 (zh) ‎(zǒngzhǔjiào)

• Dutch: primaat (nl) m
• Finnish: priimas (fi)
• French: primat (fr) m
• German: Primat (de) m, Primas m

• Italian: primate (it) m
• Japanese: 大主教 ‎(だいしゅきょう, daishukyō)
• Manx: ard-aspick m
• Portuguese: primado (pt) m
• Spanish: primado (es) m
• Vietnamese: tổng giám mục (vi)

See also

• ultimate

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁi.mat/

Noun

primate m ‎(plural primates)

1. primate (mammal)

See also

• primat m
• primauté
• primatie

Anagrams

• empirât, trempai

External links

• “primate” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Noun

primate m ‎(plural primates)

1. primate (animal)

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Italian

Noun

primate m ‎(plural primati)

1. primate (ecclesiastical title)

Related terms

• primati (mammals) (plurale tantum)
• primato (primacy)

Anagrams

• impetra, temprai

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Spanish

Noun

primate m ‎(plural primates)

1. primate (animal)