macaque
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more). Doublet of macaco.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]macaque (plural macaques)
- Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae, especially genus Macaca.
- 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 43:
- They are able to recall past images and apply them to current problem solving. In other words, macaques employ memory in order to survive.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]any monkey of the genus Macaca
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See also
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]macaque m (plural macaques)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “macaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]macaque
- inflection of macacar:
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