tamarin

See also: Tamařin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tamarín (tamarin), from tupi-guarani tamari.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtæməɹɪn/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

tamarin (plural tamarins)

  1. One of a family of squirrel-sized South American monkeys of the genus Saguinus.

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Descendants

  • Japanese: タマリン

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from a Tupi-Guarani language. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taː.maːˈrɪn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪn

Noun

tamarin m (plural tamarins, diminutive tamarinnetje n)

  1. tamarin (monkey of genus Saguinus)

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ma.ʁɛ̃/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French tamarin, from earlier tamarinde, from Old French tamarinde, from Medieval Latin tamarindus, from Arabic تَمْر هِنْدِيّ (tamr hindiyy).

Noun

tamarin m (plural tamarins)

  1. tamarind
Descendants

Etymology 2

From earlier tamary, from a Tupi-Guarani language; influenced in form by Etymology 1.

Noun

tamarin m (plural tamarins)

  1. tamarin
Descendants

Etymology 3

Noun

tamarin m (plural tamarins)

  1. axilspot hogfish (Bodianus axillaris), coral pigfish, turncoat hogfish

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Japanese

Romanization

tamarin

  1. Rōmaji transcription of タマリン

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tamarin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.maˈrin/

Noun

tamarin m (plural tamarini)

  1. tamarind
    Synonym: tamarind
  2. tamarin

Declension

Declension of tamarin
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative tamarin tamarinul tamarini tamarinii
genitive-dative tamarin tamarinului tamarini tamarinilor
vocative tamarinule tamarinilor

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