macaque

English

a pair of macaques

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /məˈkɑk/
(UK) IPA^(key): /məˈkɑːk/, /məˈkæk/

Noun

macaque (plural macaques)

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

Derived terms

Translations

any monkey of the genus Macaca

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 獼猴 (zh), 猕猴 (zh) (míhóu), 猢猻 (zh), 猢狲 (zh) (húsūn)
Czech: makak (cs) m
Dutch: makaak (nl)
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)
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 m (makák)
Spanish: macaco (es) m
Swedish: makak (sv) c
Vietnamese: khỉ (vi)
Welsh: macaco m

See also

Barbary ape

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /makak/
Audio (file)

Noun

macaque m (plural macaques)

Derived terms

macaque rhésus
macaquerie

Further reading

“macaque” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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