adj
Meaning 1
Of the Hominidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hominid
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
Any human, the only members of the family Hominidae as traditionally defined.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any anthropoid of the taxonomic family Hominidae, which includes all the great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans) as well as humans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: great ape, hominiform
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hominian
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a primate of the family Hominidae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: primate
Narrower terms: homo, man, human being, human, Pithecanthropus, Pithecanthropus erectus, genus Pithecanthropus, Sinanthropus, genus Sinanthropus, Javanthropus, genus Javanthropus, australopithecine, Sivapithecus, dryopithecine
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dheǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-ōm Proto-Indo-European *dhéǵhōm Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *ǵhmṓ Proto-Italic *hemō Latin hemō Latin homōlbor. Translingual Homo Ancient Greek -ῐς (-ĭs) Ancient Greek -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ίδης (-ídēs)bor. Latin -idēsbor. ▲ Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)influ. Translingual -idae Translingual Hominidaelbor. English hominid Learned borrowing from Translingual Hominidae.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Irish: homainideach — of the Hominidae
- Portuguese: hominídeo — of the Hominidae
- Catalan: homínid — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Czech: hominid — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Esperanto: homedo — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- French: hominidé — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Galician: homínido — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- German: Hominide — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- German: Hominid — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- German: Hominidin — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- German: Großaffe — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- German: Grossaffe — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- German: Großäffin — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- German: Grossäffin — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- German: Menschenaffe — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- German: Menschenäffin — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Greek: Ανθρωπίδας (Anthropídas) — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Greek: Ανθρωπίδης (Anthropídis) — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Irish: homainid — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Italian: ominide — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Portuguese: hominídeo — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Romanian: hominid — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Russian: гомини́д (gominíd) — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Sicilian: uminidi — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Spanish: homínido — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae
- Swedish: människoapa — primate of the taxonomic family Hominidae