orang-outan

French

Alternative forms

ourang-outang

Etymology

From English orangutan, from Malay orang utan.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.ɡu.tɑ̃/

Noun

orang-outan m (plural orang-outans)

orangutan (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Descendants

→ Romanian: urangutan

Further reading

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

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