macaque

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: մակակա (hy) (makaka) Bulgarian: макак m (makak) Chinese: Mandarin: 獼猴／猕猴 (zh) (míhóu), 猢猻／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/

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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.