orangutan
Meaning of orangutan
noun
a large mainly solitary arboreal ape with long red hair, long arms, and hooked hands and feet, native to Borneo and Sumatra.
late 17th century: from Malay orang utan ‘forest person’.
Information about orangutan
- It is a name.
- The plural form of orangutan is: orangutans.
- Languages in which orangutan is used:
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Hyphenation of orangutan
orang-utan
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- orangutan is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
orangutan synonyms
Meaning orang:
Translation of orangutan
- French: orang-outan
- Portuguese: orangotango
- Spanish: pongo
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