lemur

See also: Lemur, lémur, lèmur, and lemúr

English
ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)

Etymology

From Latin lemurēs (“spirits of the dead”). The name was originally given to the red slender loris (then Lemur tardigradus) in 1754 by Carl Linnaeus. According to Linnaeus, the name was selected because of the nocturnal activity and slow movements of the red slender loris. In 1758, Linnaeus added, among others, the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) to the genus Lemur. All other species, including the red slender loris, were eventually moved to other genera. In time, the word became the colloquial name for all primates endemic to Madagascar.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈliːmə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: Lima (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

lemur (plural lemurs)

  1. (colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
  2. Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
  3. (obsolete) A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

Usage notes

The taxonomy is currently disputed, see Taxonomy of lemurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms
terms derived from lemur (noun)

Translations

References
  1. A. R. Dunkel; J. S. Zijlstra; C. P. Groves (2011/2012), “Giant Rabbits, Marmosets, and British Comedies: Etymology of Lemur Names, Part 1”, in Lemur News‎, volume 16, archived from the original on 2016-11-06, retrieved 11 April 2013, pages 64–70.

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛmur]

Noun

lemur m anim

  1. lemur

Derived terms

Further reading
  • lemur in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • lemur in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Icelandic

Verb

lemur (weak)

  1. second-person singular present indicative of lemja
  2. third-person singular present indicative of lemja

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French lémur, from Latin lemurēs.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.mur/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛmur
  • Syllabification: le‧mur

Noun

lemur m anim

  1. lemur (primate)

Declension
Declension of lemur
singular plural
nominative lemur lemury
genitive lemura lemurów
dative lemurowi lemurom
accusative lemura lemury
instrumental lemurem lemurami
locative lemurze lemurach
vocative lemurze lemury

Further reading
  • lemur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • lemur in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lémure.

Noun

lemur m (plural lemuri)

  1. lemur

Declension
Declension of lemur
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) lemur lemurul (niște) lemuri lemurii
genitive/dative (unui) lemur lemurului (unor) lemuri lemurilor
vocative lemurule lemurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lěmuːr/
  • Hyphenation: le‧mur

Noun

lèmūr m (Cyrillic spelling лѐмӯр)

  1. lemur

Declension
Declension of lemur
singular plural
nominative lèmūr lemuri
genitive lemúra lemura
dative lemuru lemurima
accusative lemura lemure
vocative lemure lemuri
locative lemuru lemurima
instrumental lemurom lemurima

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin lemures (“spirits”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /lɛˈmʉːr/

Noun

lemur c

  1. a lemur

Declension
Declension of lemur 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lemur lemuren lemurer lemurerna
Genitive lemurs lemurens lemurers lemurernas

Anagrams

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lémur or English lemur, from Latin lemurēs (“spirits of the dead”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: le‧mur
  • IPA(key): /ˈlemuɾ/, [ˈle.mʊɾ]

Noun

lemur

  1. lemur
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