lémur

See also: lemur, Lemur, lèmur, and lemúr

French

lémur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.myʁ/

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Noun

lémur m (plural lémurs)

1. lemur (any animal of the prosimians, making up the infraorder Lemuriformes)

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lemŭres.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlemuɾ/ [ˈle.muɾ]
• Rhymes: -emuɾ
• Syllabification: lé‧mur

Noun

lémur m (plural lémures)

1. lemur

Further reading

• “lémur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10