macaque

English

a pair of macaques

Etymology

From French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more). Doublet of macaco.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /məˈkæk/, /məˈkɑk/
(UK) IPA^(key): /məˈkɒk/, /məˈkæk/

Noun

macaque (plural macaques)

Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae, especially genus Macaca.

Derived terms

Translations

any monkey of the genus Macaca

Armenian: մակակա (hy) (makaka)
Bulgarian: макак m (makak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獼猴／猕猴 (zh) (míhóu), 猢猻／猢狲 (zh) (húsūn)
Czech: makak (cs) m
Dutch: makaak (nl)
Esperanto: makako
Finnish: makaki (fi)
French: macaque (fr) m
German: Makak (de) m, Makake m
Greek: μακάκος (el) m (makákos)
Irish: meacaic f
Japanese: マカク (makaku)
Kashmiri: پۆنٛز‎ (ponz)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Polish: makak (pl) m
Portuguese: macaco (pt)
Romanian: macac (ro) m
Russian: мака́ка (ru) f (makáka), мака́к (ru) m (makák)
Spanish: macaco (es) m
Swedish: makak (sv) c
Tocharian A: mkowāñ
Tocharian B: mokoṃśka
Vietnamese: khỉ (vi)
Welsh: macaco m

See also

Barbary ape

French

Etymology

From Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.kak/
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Noun

macaque m (plural macaques)

macaque
(Louisiana) monkey
Synonym: singe m
(Louisiana) clown
Synonym: clown m

Derived terms

Further reading

“macaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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