orang-outan
French
Alternative forms
- ourang-outang
Etymology
From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ɡu.tɑ̃/
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Noun
orang-outan m (plural orang-outans)
- orangutan (arboreal anthropoid ape)
Descendants
- → Romanian: urangutan
Further reading
- “orang-outan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.