Masculine

lêmure

  1. (Roman, masculine) lemures (spirits or ghosts of the dead)
  2. (masculine) lemur (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlẽ.mu.ɾi/
Etymology

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin lemures (“the ghosts of the dead”).

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