Lemur

//ˈliːmə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "lemur" (4 found)

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Related words (2)

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Translations

55 translations across 44 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • lemur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Arabic

1 entries
  • لَيْمُور noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Armenian

1 entries
  • լեմուր noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Asturian

2 entries
  • llémur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
  • lémur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Basque

1 entries
  • lemur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • лему́р noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Bengali

1 entries
  • লেমুর noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Catalan

2 entries
  • lèmur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
  • maqui noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 狐猴 noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Czech

1 entries
  • lemur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Dutch

1 entries
  • lemuur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • lemuro noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Finnish

2 entries
  • maki noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
  • makimainen puoliapina noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

French

2 entries
  • lémur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
  • lémurien noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Galician

2 entries
  • lémur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
  • lémure noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

German

2 entries
  • Lemur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
  • Lemure noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Greek

1 entries
  • λεμούριος noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • לֶמוּר noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Hindi

1 entries
  • लीमर noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • maki noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
  • makimajom noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • lemúr noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • warik noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • lemure noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Italian

1 entries
  • lemure noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Japanese

2 entries
  • キツネザル noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
  • 狐猿 noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Korean

1 entries
  • 여우원숭이 noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • lemūras noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Malagasy

2 entries
  • gidro noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
  • varika noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Māori

1 entries
  • rīmā noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • lemur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Occitan

1 entries
  • lemur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Persian

1 entries
  • لمور noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Polish

1 entries
  • lemur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • lêmure noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Romanian

2 entries
  • lemur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
  • lemurian noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Russian

1 entries
  • лему́р noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • lèmūr noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)
  • лѐмӯр noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Spanish

1 entries
  • lémur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Swedish

1 entries
  • lemur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • lemur noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Thai

1 entries
  • ลีเมอร์ noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Turkish

1 entries
  • maki noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • лему́р noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • vượn cáo noun (strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Madame Berthe's mouse lemur is the smallest primate in the world.

Source: tatoeba (8904347)

"Go feed your monkey or whatever it is." "It's a lemur!"

Source: tatoeba (11968060)

When I was little, people would tease me and call me a "lemur".

Source: tatoeba (12614588)

Archaeoindris fontoynontii was a gorilla-sized lemur.

Source: tatoeba (12834876)

Showing 4 of 6 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.