Standard Lemma guide

Indri

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪndɹi/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N D R IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Their Ubangian language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A mostly Muslim ethnic group of Western Bahr el Ghazal, South Sudan.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One of the largest living lemurs (Indri indri), native to Madagascar.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: babacoote, babakoto

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

large short-tailed lemur of Madagascar having thick silky fur in black and white and fawn

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: indris, Indri indri, Indri brevicaudatus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: lemur

History

Etymology

Possibly from Malagasy endrina (“the lemur Indri indri”). A common explanation asserts that the word comes from the Malagasy indry (pronounced /ˈiɳɖʐj/) meaning “lo!” or “behold!”, or from indry izy (“There he is!”), which guides shouted to the French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat (1748–1814) upon seeing the animal, and which Sonnerat mistook for its name, but it has been suggested that Sonnerat studied indris too closely for this story to be plausible.

Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إندري شائع — Indri indri
  • Armenian: ինդրի (indri) — Indri indri
  • Azerbaijani: indri — Indri indri
  • Basque: indri — Indri indri
  • Bengali: ইন্দ্রি (indri) — Indri indri
  • Breton: indri — Indri indri
  • Bulgarian: индри (indri) — Indri indri
  • Catalan: indri — Indri indri
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大狐猴 (dàhúhóu) — Indri indri
  • Czech: indri — Indri indri
  • Danish: indri — Indri indri
  • Dutch: indri — Indri indri
  • Estonian: indri — Indri indri
  • Finnish: indri — Indri indri
  • French: indri — Indri indri
  • Georgian: ინდრი (indri) — Indri indri
  • German: Indri — Indri indri
  • Greek: ίντρι (íntri) — Indri indri
  • Hebrew: אינדרי — Indri indri
  • Indonesian: indri — Indri indri
  • Irish: indrídigh — Indri indri
  • Japanese: インドリ — Indri indri
  • Korean: 인드리 (indeuri) — Indri indri
  • Bishnupriya Manipuri: ইন্দ্রি — Indri indri
  • Newar: इन्द्री (indrī) — Indri indri
  • Norwegian: indri — Indri indri
  • Persian: ایندری — Indri indri
  • Polish: indris krótkoogonowy — Indri indri
  • Polish: indrys — Indri indri
  • Polish: babakoto — Indri indri
  • Punjabi: اندری — Indri indri
  • Russian: индри (indri) — Indri indri
  • Serbo-Croatian: indri — Indri indri
  • Serbo-Croatian: индри — Indri indri
  • Slovak: indri — Indri indri
  • Spanish: indri — Indri indri
  • Swedish: indri — Indri indri
  • Thai: อินดรี — Indri indri
  • Udmurt: индри (indri) — Indri indri
  • Ukrainian: індрі (indri) — Indri indri
  • Urdu: اندری — Indri indri