"macaque" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /məˈkæk/, /məˈkɑ(ː)k/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-macaque.wav [Southern-England] Forms: macaques [plural]
Rhymes: -æk, -ɑːk Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more). Doublet of macaco. Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|macaque}} Unadapted borrowing from French macaque, {{der|en|pt|macaco}} Portuguese macaco, {{m|pt|macaco}} macaco, {{doublet|en|macaco}} Doublet of macaco Head templates: {{en-noun}} macaque (plural macaques)
  1. Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the subfamily Cercopithecinae, especially genus Macaca. Wikipedia link: macaque Categories (lifeform): Macaques Related terms: Barbary ape Translations (any monkey of the genus Macaca): մակակա (makaka) (Armenian), macacu [masculine] (Asturian), макак (makak) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 獼猴 (Chinese Mandarin), 猕猴 (míhóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 猢猻 (Chinese Mandarin), 猢狲 (húsūn) (Chinese Mandarin), makak [masculine] (Czech), makaak [masculine] (Dutch), makako (Esperanto), makaki (Finnish), macaque [masculine] (French), Makak [masculine] (German), Makake [masculine] (German), μακάκος (makákos) [masculine] (Greek), meacaic [feminine] (Irish), マカク (makaku) (Japanese), پۆنٛز (ponz) (Kashmiri), makak [masculine] (Polish), macaco [masculine] (Portuguese), macac [masculine] (Romanian), мака́ка (makáka) [feminine] (Russian), мака́к (makák) [masculine] (Russian), macaco [masculine] (Spanish), makak [common-gender] (Swedish), mkowāñ (Tocharian A), mokoṃśka [feminine] (Tocharian B), makak (Turkish), khỉ (Vietnamese), macaco [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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      "word": "makak"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "any monkey of the genus Macaca",
      "word": "khỉ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any monkey of the genus Macaca",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "macaco"
    }
  ],
  "word": "macaque"
}

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