primate

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

primate

mono

primado

simio

🐒

chango

🐒

primato

prelado

primar

sumo sacerdote

arcipreste

jerarca

prelatura

primates

cardenal

Sinónimos

monkey

🐒

ape

🐒

prelate

anthropoid

archbishop

high priest

archpriest

hierarch

simian

superior

chief

leader

lemur

macaque

man

👨

bishop

apelike

primary

prime

handed

head

Traducciones

Primat

primate

primat

maymun

🐒

aap

🐒

singe

🐒

Affe

🐒

primates

apin

Primas

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: primate

Cognado con inglés: 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.