tamarin

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See also: Tamařin

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

tamarin (plural tamarins)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Japanese: タマリン

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French

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tamarin m (plural tamarini)

  1. tamarind
    Synonym: tamarind
  2. tamarin

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