Synonyms for orangutan

Grammar : Noun

Spell : aw-rang-oo-tan, oh-rang-, uh-rang-

Phonetic Transcription : ɔˈræŋ ʊˌtæn, oʊˈræŋ-, əˈræŋ-

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Définition of orangutan

Origin : 1690s, from Dutch orang-outang (1631), from Malay orang utan, literally "man of the woods," from orang "man" + utan, hutan "forest, wild." It is possible that the word originally was used by town-dwellers on Java to describe savage forest tribes of the Sunda Islands and that Europeans misunderstood it to mean the ape. The name is not now applied in Malay to the animal, but there is evidence that it was used so in 17c. [OED]

As in monkey : noun primate
As in primate : noun order of mammals
As in anthropoid : noun ape
As in primate : noun anthropoid
As in simian : noun ape

Example sentences :

Of the great man-like apes (gorilla, orangutan, and chimpanzee).
Extract from : « Dactylography » by Henry Faulds

He leaped from left to right, and back again, like an orangutan stirred to frenzied anger.
Extract from : « Captain Pott's Minister » by Francis L. Cooper

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