primate

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹaɪmeɪt/

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• Hyphenation: pri‧mate

From French primate [1876].

primate (plural primates)

1. (zoology) A mammal of the order Primates, including simians and prosimians.

   Primates range from lemurs to gorillas.

2. (informal) A simian anthropoid; an ape, human or monkey.

• See also Thesaurus:primate

From Old French primat, from a noun use of Latin primat-, from primus (“prime, first rank”). Compare English primus, of similar derivation and meaning. [circa 1200]

primate (plural primates)

1. (ecclesiastical) In the Catholic Church, a rare title conferred to or claimed by the sees of certain archbishops, or the highest-ranking bishop of a present or historical, usually political circumscription.
2. (ecclesiastical) In the Anglican Church, an archbishop, or the highest-ranking bishop of an ecclesiastic province.

• primatial
• primus

• ultimate
• exarch
• patriarch

• IPA^(key): /pʁi.mat/

primate m (plural primates)

1. primate (mammal)

• primat m
• primauté
• primatie

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

• empirât, trempai

primate m (plural primates)

1. primate (animal)

primate m (plural primati)

1. primate (ecclesiastical title)

• primati (mammals) (plurale tantum)
• primato (primacy)

• impetra, temprai

primate m (plural primates)

1. primate (animal)