A gorilla , which is a type of primate, in Duisburg Zoo , Duisburg , Germany
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/
Hyphenation: pri‧mate
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/animals. First attested in 1876 .
Noun
primate (plural primates )
( zoology ) A mammal of the order Primates , including apes , monkeys , lemurs , tarsiers , lorisids , and galagos .
Primates range from lemurs to gorillas.
( informal ) A simian anthropoid ; an ape (including human ) or monkey .
Translations
mammal
Afrikaans: primaat
Albanian: primat m
Arabic: رَئِيسِيَّات f pl ( raʔīsiyyāt ) ( collective )
Armenian: պրիմատ (hy) ( primat )
Asturian: primate (ast) m
Azerbaijani: primat
Belarusian: прыма́т m ( prymát )
Bulgarian: прима́т m ( primát )
Burmese: ပရိုင်းမိတ် ( pa.ruing: mit )
Catalan: primat m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 靈長目 動物 / 灵长目 动物 ( língzhǎngmù dòngwù ) , 靈長目 / 灵长目 (zh) ( língzhǎngmù )
Czech: primát (cs) m , nehetnatec m
Danish: primat c
Dutch: primaat (nl) m
Estonian: esikloomaline , primaat
Finnish: kädellinen (fi)
French: primate (fr) m
Georgian: პრიმატი ( ṗrimaṭi )
German: Primat (de) m
Greek: πρωτεύον n ( protévon )
Hebrew: פְּרִימָט m
Hindi: नरवानर m ( narvānar ) , प्राइमेट m ( prāimeṭ )
Hungarian: főemlős (hu)
Icelandic: prímati m , fremdardýr n
Indonesian: primata (id)
Italian: primati m (plurale tantum ), primate (it)
Japanese: 霊長類 (ja) ( れいちょうるい, reichōrui ) ( collective )
Kazakh: примат ( primat )
Korean: 영장류(靈長類) ( yeongjangnyu ) ( collective ) , 령장류(靈長類) ( ryeongjangnyu ) ( North Korea, collective )
Kyrgyz: примат ( primat )
Latvian: primāts m
Lithuanian: primatas (lt) m
Macedonian: прима́т m ( primát )
Malay: primat
Norwegian:
Bokmål: primat m
Nynorsk: primat m
Occitan: primat (oc) m
Ottoman Turkish: میمون ( maymun )
Persian: نخستیسان ( noxosti-sân ) , نخستی ( noxosti )
Polish: naczelny (pl) m
Portuguese: primata (pt) m
Romanian: primat (ro) n
Russian: прима́т (ru) m ( primát )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прѝма̄т m
Roman: prìmāt (sh) m
Slovak: primát m
Slovene: prvak (sl) m , primat m
Spanish: primate (es) m
Swedish: primat (sv) c
Tajik: примат ( primat )
Tatar: примат ( primat )
Thai: ไพรเมต ( prai-mèet )
Turkish: primat (tr)
Turkmen: primat
Ukrainian: прима́т (uk) m ( prymát )
Uzbek: primat
Vietnamese: động vật có tay , động vật linh trưởng
Yiddish: פּרימאַט m ( primat )
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 .
Noun
primate (plural primates )
( ecclesiastical ) 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.
( ecclesiastical ) 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.
( ecclesiastical ) In the Anglican Church , an archbishop , or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province .
Noun
primate m (plural primates )
primate ( mammal )
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pɾiˈmate/ [pɾiˈma.t̪ɪ]
Rhymes: -ate
Hyphenation: pri‧ma‧te
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /priˈma.te/
Rhymes: -ate
Hyphenation: pri‧mà‧te
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pɾiˈmate/ [pɾiˈma.t̪e]
Rhymes: -ate
Syllabification: pri‧ma‧te