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English

WOTD – 29 March 2016

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French primate, from Latin primas (“one of the first, chief, excellent, noble”). So named due to the belief that primates are the highest order of mammals or animals. First attested in 1876.

Noun

primate (plural primates)

  1. (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including apes (which include humans), monkeys, lemurs, tarsiers, lorisids, and galagos.
    Primates range from lemurs to gorillas.
  2. (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape (including human) or monkey.
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Etymology 2

From Middle English primate, primat, from Old French primat, from Late Latin prīmās (“chief bishop”), substantivisation of prīmās, an alternative form of prīmus (“prime, first rank”). Compare English primus, of similar derivation and meaning. First attested in c. 1200.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/, /ˈpɹaɪmət/

Noun

primate (plural primates)

  1. (Christianity) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.
    The Archbishop of Quebec is the primate of Canada.
  2. (Christianity) In the Orthodox Church, the presiding bishop of an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or region. Usually, the expression primate refers to the first hierarch of an autocephalous or autonomous Orthodox church. Less often, it is used to refer to the ruling bishop of an archdiocese or diocese.
  3. (Christianity) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.
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Usage notes
  • To disambiguate from sense 1, which is always pronounced /'pɹaɪmeɪt/, sense 2 is often pronounced /ˈpɹaɪmət/ (rhymes with "climate"), but it can also be pronounced the same as sense 1.
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French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

  1. primate (mammal)

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Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾiˈmate/ [pɾiˈma.t̪ɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: pri‧ma‧te

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

  1. primate (animal)

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /priˈma.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: pri‧mà‧te

Noun

primate m (plural primati)

  1. primate (ecclesiastical title)

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Serbo-Croatian

Verb

primate (Cyrillic spelling примате)

  1. second-person plural present of primati

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾiˈmate/ [pɾiˈma.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: pri‧ma‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin prīmātem (“first, principal; hero”).

Noun

primate m (plural primates)

  1. primate (animal)

Etymology 2

Verb

primate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of primar combined with te

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