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orang-outang

Meaning of "orang-outang" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF ORANG-OUTANG

ɔːˌræŋuːˈtæŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORANG-OUTANG

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Orang-Outang is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORANG-OUTANG

Duo-Tang · gammerstang · Kuomintang · mustang · poontang · satang · stang · tang

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORANG-OUTANG

orang · orang-utan · orange · orange blossom · orange box · orange chromide · Orange Day · orange flower water · Orange Free State · orange grove · orange juice · Orange Lodge · Orange march · orange marmalade · orange milkweed · Orange Order · Orange parade · orange peel · orange pekoe · orange roughy

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORANG-OUTANG

bang · big bang · Chang · dang · fang · gang · gangbang · hang · kang · lang · Malang · mang · nang · orang · rang · sang · Semarang · wang · with a bang · Yang

Synonyms and antonyms of orang-outang in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «orang-outang» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF ORANG-OUTANG

Find out the translation of orang-outang to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of orang-outang from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «orang-outang» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

猩猩
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

orangután
570 millions of speakers
en

English

orang-outang
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

ओरंग - outang
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إنسان الغاب - outang
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

орангутанг - outang
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

orangotango
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ওরাং-ওটাং
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

orang -outang
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Orang-outang
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Orang- Utan
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

オランウータンoutang
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

오랑우탄 outang
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Wong-outang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đười ươi
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

Orang-outang
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ऑरंग-आऊंग
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

orangutan
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

orango
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

orang - outang
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

орангутанг - outang
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

urangutan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

orang - outang
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

orang - oetang
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orangutang
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

orang - Outang
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of orang-outang

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORANG-OUTANG»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about orang-outang

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORANG-OUTANG»

Discover the use of orang-outang in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orang-outang and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ueber Die Verschiedenheit in Der Schädelbildung Des Gorilla, ...
18 Des Orang-Outang ......... 25 Unterschiede im Schädelbau des alten männlichen und weiblichen Gorilla . . 35 Unterschiede im Schädelbau des alten männlichen und_ weiblichen Chimpanse . 37 Unterschiede im Schädelbau des alten ...
Th[eodor] L[udwig Wilhelm] Bischoff, 1867
2
Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children
Through the semantic and scientific identification of the orang-outang with the Homo sylvestris, or wild man of the woods, the orang-outang could be placed on both sides of the human-animal divide. Linnaeus's 'Four-footed, mute, hairy' 'Wild  ...
Michael Newton, 2014
3
The Lancet
The palatine arch is large, with parallel edges, and presents the incisive foramina , rounded, very distinct although small. The lower jaw is nearly as strong as in the orang-outang; but the ascending branch is, perhaps, proportionally not so high, ...
‎1840
4
Frankenstein's Science: Experimentation and Discovery in ...
Chapter 3 The Professor and the Orang-Outang: Mary Shelley as a Child Reader Judith Barbour University of Sydney It has frequently been pointed out that Mary Shelley's literary work was a most unusual creation for a young woman but a ...
Christa Knellwolf King, Jane R. Goodall, 2008
5
The Lancet London: A Journal of British and Foreign ...
M. DE BLAINVILLE 0N THE OSTEOLOGY OF THE ORANG-OUTANG. ghsterior sacral, fora'mina. .Instead of. 218 elongated anteriorly or in the same direction with the maxillary ; thus the nasal apertures are pushed backwards; they are, ...
‎1840
6
The Orang Utan: Its Biology and Conservation
A letter to Mr. Waterhouse. dealing with the number of species of orang-outang and their distribution. Proceedings Zoological Society of London, 1841: 55-61. Brown, C.E. (1936). Rearing wild animals in captivity and gestation period. Journal ...
L.E.M. de Boer, 1982
7
The Scots Magazine
Man and the orang-outang are the only animals who have buttocks and calfs of the legs, and who, of course, are formed for walking erect ; the only animals who have a broad chest, flat Ihoulders, and vertebrae of the fame structure ; and the ...
James Boswell, 1781
8
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
The orang-outang differs internal- der its arm to lie down and sleep upon. An ly from the human species in the number of ribs : orang-outang, which Buffon saw, is described by man has only is, but the orang-outang has 13. him as mild, ...
‎1816
9
The Gentleman's Magazine
accepting forthwith and henceforth the French candidate " — the orang-outang. If this was intended as prophecy it has not been fulfilled by the event, for the gorilla is still regarded by most British naturalists as the ape which comes on the ...
‎1877
10
Gothic Literature
(1834), he makes the association with an orang—outang. The tale suggests that in Cuvier's book the orang—outang is characterised by its 'gigantic stature [. . .] prodigious strength and activity [. . .] wild ferocity, and [. . .] imitative propensities'. l6 ...
Andrew Smith, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORANG-OUTANG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term orang-outang is used in the context of the following news items.
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Quand la communication de Nestlé échoue en Inde
... une vidéo Youtube qui imite une publicité Kit Kat et compare la consommation de ces barres chocolatées au fait de tuer un orang-outang. «swissinfo.ch, Jul 15»
2
Canicule : les températures extrêmes battant tous les records …
Un orang-outang dans un zoo à Rome mange un popsicle que lui a donné ses gardiens le 2 juillet 2015. AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu. «Le Huffington Post Quebec, Jul 15»
3
Listening to the language of apes
His account of his work was published in his book, Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris: or, the Anatomy of a Pygmie, compared with that of a ... «BBC News, Jun 15»
4
Baboons who share personality traits stick together – humans …
“Exactly as 'tis in Man,” he writes in Orang-Outang, sive Homo Sylvestris, Tyson's seminal work on anatomy. “And if there was any further ... «New Statesman, May 15»
5
When Darwin Met Another Ape
In fact, seventeenth century naturalists came to use “Orang-Outang” to refer to any ape, even a chimpanzee. Over the next two centuries, some ... «National Geographic, Apr 15»
6
In Rwanda, progress and development scrub away an ethnic identity
He “has a great influence with the beasts,” squawked one local newspaper, “even with the larger kind, including the orang-outang [sic] with ... «Christian Science Monitor, Apr 15»
7
Sapiens est-il le seul à enfanter dans la douleur ?
... moyenne près de 9,5 heures, soit cinq fois plus que chez les grands singes anthropoïdes comme le gorille, le chimpanzé, et l'orang-outang, ... «Science et Vie, Mar 15»
8
'Imbecile' Lincoln's war with the press
To the Charleston Mercury he was “the Orang-Outang at the White House.” The New York Herald considered James Polk “ridiculous, ... «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Jan 15»
9
Fred Hiatt: Lessons of Lincoln's press war
To the Charleston Mercury he was “the Orang-Outang at the White House.” Fred Hiatt is the editorial page editor of The Post. He writes ... «Washington Post, Dec 14»
10
7300 élèves apprennent l'importance du bien-être animal
... devaient utiliser un matériaux en partie responsable de la déforestation amazonienne et de l'extinction des orang-outang! Donc de ce côté là ... «Vegactu, Oct 14»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Orang-Outang [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/orang-outang>. Apr 2024 ».
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