primate
See also: Primate
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Etymology 1 edit
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.
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primate (plural primates)
- (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.
- Primates range from lemurs to gorillas.
- (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.
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- See also Thesaurus:primate
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mammal
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Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
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.
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archbishop or bishop
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French edit
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primate m (plural primates)
- primate (mammal)
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Further reading edit
- “primate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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primate m (plural primates)
- primate (animal)
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primate m (plural primati)
- primate (ecclesiastical title)
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- primati (mammals) (plurale tantum)
- primato (primacy)
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Serbo-Croatian edit
Verb edit
primate (Cyrillic spelling примате)
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin prīmātem (“first, principal; hero”).
Noun edit
primate m (plural primates)
- primate (animal)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
primate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of primar combined with te
Further reading edit
- “primate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014