英和和英

語源

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

発音

• IPA: /məˈkæk/, /məˈkɑ(ː)k/
• 韻: -æk, -ɑːk

名詞

macaque (plural macaques)

1. Any of a group of Old World monkeys of the 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.

派生語

派生した語

• → Irish: meacaic

参考

• Barbary ape