macaque

Unadapted borrowing from French macaque, from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more). Doublet of macaco.

• IPA^(key): /məˈkæk/, /məˈkɑ(ː)k/

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• Rhymes: -æk, -ɑːk

macaque (plural macaques)

1. 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.

• Barbary ape

Borrowed from Portuguese macaco, of uncertain origin (see macaco for more).

• IPA^(key): /ma.kak/

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macaque m (plural macaques)

1. macaque
2. (Louisiana) monkey

   Synonym: singe m

3. (Louisiana) clown

   Synonym: clown m

• “macaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.