orangutan
An arboreal ape, characterised by its shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, of the…An arboreal ape, characterised by its shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, of the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra.
» You look like an orangutan.
Ты похож на орангутанга.
Meaning
1 sensesAn arboreal ape, characterised by its shaggy reddish-brown coat and long arms, of the genus Pongo, native to Borneo and Sumatra.
Orang-Utan
орангута́нorangután, орангута́нгorangutáng
орангутанoranhutan
large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits
Examples
11 sentencesYou look like an orangutan.
ruТы похож на орангутанга.
Orangutans are my favorite apes.
Tom is as hairy as an orangutan.
Том волохатий неначе орангутанг.
deTom ist so behaart wie ein Orang-Utan.
Are chimpanzees much more creative than orangutans?
I wonder if a red kangaroo weighs more than an orangutan.
deIch frage mich, ob ein Rotes Riesenkänguru mehr als ein Orang-Utan wiegt.
Translations
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Origin
Probably via Dutch orang-oetan, orang-oetang, apparently from Malay orang hutan, orang utaProbably via Dutch orang-oetan, orang-oetang, apparently from Malay orang hutan, orang utan (literally “forest man”), from orang (“person, man”) + hutan (“forest”), although as a term for the animal it is attested only recently (earlier and preferred terms being mawas and mayas). As there is originally no evidence for its usage, except occasionally literally, it must be assumed to have been regional, or a descriptive collocation used to explain the animal to early travellers. Forms in -ng are alterations after the first element, orang.
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Forms
plural: orangutansSynonyms
3 synonyms- large long-armed ape of Borneo and Sumatra having arboreal habits:orangorangutangPongo pygmaeus