primate
See also: Primate
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editprimate (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.
Hyponyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:primate
Derived terms
editTranslations
editmammal
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Etymology 2
editFrom 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
editprimate (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.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editarchbishop or bishop
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See also
editFrench
editPronunciation
editNoun
editprimate m (plural primates)
- primate (mammal)
See also
editFurther reading
edit- “primate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editGalician
editPronunciation
editNoun
editprimate m (plural primates)
- primate (animal)
Italian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editprimate m (plural primati)
- primate (ecclesiastical title)
Related terms
edit- primati (mammals) (plurale tantum)
- primato (primacy)
Anagrams
editSerbo-Croatian
editVerb
editprimate (Cyrillic spelling примате)
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Latin prīmātem (“first, principal; hero”).
Noun
editprimate m (plural primates)
- primate (animal)
Etymology 2
editVerb
editprimate
- 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
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