primate
French, noun/pʁi.mat/
primate is spelled P-R-I-M-A-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 50,148th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Primate is a French masculine noun meaning “primate (mammal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Animal appartenant au taxon des Primates”.
What does primate mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprimate (mammal)
- 2
colloquialmasculinea coarse man (male)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Animal appartenant au taxon des Primates
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 primate
- primates plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce primate?
- /pʁi.mat/
- \pʁi.mat\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to primate
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is primate in French?
primate appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).