primate

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Primat

Affe

🐒

Primas

Primaten

Menschenaffe

Primat ''m'' -en

Herrentier

-en

Synonyme

monkey

🐒

ape

🐒

prelate

anthropoid

archbishop

high priest

archpriest

hierarch

simian

superior

chief

leader

lemur

macaque

man

👨

bishop

apelike

primary

prime

handed

head

Übersetzungen

primate

primate

primat

primate

πίθηκος

mono

قرد

🐒

macaco

🐒

scimmia

🐒

simia

mico

🐒

aap

🐒

singe

🐒

primata

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: primate

Verwandt mit Englisch: 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.