orang-outan
French, noun/ɔ.ʁɑ̃.u.tɑ̃/
orang-outan is spelled O-R-A-N-G-O-U-T-A-N (10 letters). Orang-outan is a French masculine noun meaning “orangutan (arboreal anthropoid ape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand singe anthropoïde aux longs bras et au pelage roux ou brun, du genre Pongo”.
What does orang-outan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineorangutan (arboreal anthropoid ape)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand singe anthropoïde aux longs bras et au pelage roux ou brun, du genre Pongo.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of orang-outan
- orang-outans plural
- ourang-outang alternative
- orangs-outans plural
- orang-outang
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce orang-outan?
- /ɔ.ʁɑ̃.u.tɑ̃/
- \ɔ.ʁɑ̃.u.tɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to orang-outan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.