Orangutan

//əˈɹæŋ.əˌtæn//

Synonyms for "orangutan" (8 found)

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Noun(1 words)
orang

Related words (4)

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Translations

71 translations across 61 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • إِنْسَان اَلْغَاب noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Armenian

1 entries
  • օրանգուտան noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Assamese

1 entries
  • ওৰাংওটাং noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Asturian

1 entries
  • orangután noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Bau Bidayuh

1 entries
  • mayas noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • арангутан noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • орангутан noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Catalan

1 entries
  • orangutan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • kogiu noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Central Melanau

1 entries
  • mayaih noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Cherokee

1 entries
  • ᎠᏓᎶᏂᎨ ᎠᏓᎵᏍᎩᏱᏍᎩ noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 紅毛猩猩 /红毛猩猩 noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Czech

1 entries
  • orangutan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Dutch

1 entries
  • orang-oetan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • orangutango noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)
  • orangutano noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Estonian

2 entries
  • orangutan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)
  • orangutang noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Finnish

1 entries
  • oranki noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

French

1 entries
  • orang-outan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ორანგუტანი noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

German

1 entries
  • Orang-Utan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Greek

1 entries
  • ουρακοτάγκος noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Hindi

2 entries
  • आरंगुटान noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)
  • ओरंगोटंग noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • orangután noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • órangútan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Ido

1 entries
  • orangutano noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • oraŋgi noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • mawas noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)
  • orang utan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • orang-utan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Irish

1 entries
  • órang-útan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Italian

1 entries
  • orango noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Japanese

2 entries
  • オランウータン noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)
  • 猩猩 noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • orangùtan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • орангутан noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Korean

1 entries
  • 오랑우탄 noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Latvian

1 entries
  • orangutans noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • orangutángas noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)
  • orangutãnas noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • орангутан noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Malay

2 entries
  • mawas noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)
  • orang utan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Manx

1 entries
  • apey jiarg noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Māori

1 entries
  • tuahuru noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Navajo

1 entries
  • mágí diʼilí noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Polish

1 entries
  • orangutan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • orangotango noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Romanian

1 entries
  • urangutan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Russian

2 entries
  • орангута́н noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)
  • орангута́нг noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Sebop

1 entries
  • kuyang noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • orangùtān noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)
  • орангу̀та̄н noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Spanish

1 entries
  • orangután noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Swedish

1 entries
  • orangutang noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Tagal Murut

1 entries
  • kagui noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • urangutang noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Thai

1 entries
  • อุรังอุตัง noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • སྤྲ noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Turkish

1 entries
  • orangutan noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Tày

1 entries
  • báo đông noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Uab Meto

1 entries
  • atoinfui noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • орангутан noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • đười ươi noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Welsh

1 entries
  • orangwtang noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

West Coast Bajau

2 entries
  • begiu noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)
  • mawas noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • אָראַנג־אוטאַנג noun (arboreal anthropoid ape)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

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"What anthropoid would your girlfriend be most like?" "What a question... Well, um... An orangutan, I guess."

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The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.

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You look like an orangutan.

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Tom is as hairy as an orangutan.

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