primate

Significat (Anglès)

1. A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.
2. (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape (including human) or monkey.

Conceptes

mico

🐒

primat

mona

🐒

simi

primats

arxipreste

jerarca

mitrat

prelat

cardenal

Sinònims

monkey

🐒

ape

🐒

prelate

anthropoid

archbishop

high priest

archpriest

hierarch

simian

superior

chief

leader

lemur

macaque

man

👨

bishop

apelike

primary

prime

handed

head

Traduccions

Primat

primate

primate

primat

primate

simia

scimmia

🐒

قرد

🐒

macaco

🐒

Affe

🐒

πίθηκος

aap

🐒

singe

🐒

primata

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: primate

Cognat amb anglès: primus

In summary

First attested in 1876. From French primate, from the substantivization of Latin prīmās, prīmātis (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”), same as Etymology 2. So named due to the belief that primates are the highest order of mammals or animals.