primate

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

primate

primat

singe

🐒

primates

guenon

prélature

hiérarque

prélat

archiprêtre

Synonymes

monkey

🐒

ape

🐒

prelate

anthropoid

archbishop

high priest

archpriest

hierarch

simian

superior

chief

leader

lemur

macaque

man

👨

bishop

apelike

primary

prime

handed

head

Traductions

primate

Primat

primate

primata

macaco

🐒

scimmia

🐒

aap

🐒

قرد

🐒

mico

🐒

πίθηκος

simia

Affe

🐒

mono

maymun

🐒

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: primate

Appartenant à anglais: 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.