muriqui
Portuguese, noun/mu.ɾiˈki/
muriqui is spelled M-U-R-I-Q-U-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,864th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muriqui is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “muriqui (any monkey of the genus Brachyteles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o maior macaco do Brasil (Brachyteles arachnoides), também chamado mono e mono-carvoeiro”.
What does muriqui mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemuriqui (any monkey of the genus Brachyteles)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o maior macaco do Brasil (Brachyteles arachnoides), também chamado mono e mono-carvoeiro
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of muriqui
- muriquis plural
- buriqui alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muriqui?
- Brazil /mu.ɾiˈki/
- Portugal /mu.ɾiˈki/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is muriqui in Portuguese?
muriqui appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).