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)

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

Derived terms

• Japanese macaque
• pig-tailed macaque
• rhesus macaque

Translations

any monkey of the genus Macaca

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: макак m (makak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 獼猴 (zh), 猕猴 (zh) (míhóu), 猢猻 (zh), 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

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kak/

• Audio

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Noun

macaque m (plural macaques)

1. macaque
2. (Louisiana) monkey

   Synonym: singe m

3. (Louisiana) clown

   Synonym: clown m

Derived terms

• chardon macaque
• macaque rhésus
• macaquerie

Further reading

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