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langur

noun · 3 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /lʌŋˈɡʊəɹ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of the Old World monkeys of the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis (surilis), and Semnopithecus (gray langurs).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A gibbon of the genus Hoolock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

slender long-tailed monkey of Asia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Old World monkey, catarrhine

Narrower terms: entellus, hanuman, Presbytes entellus, Semnopithecus entellus

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani لنگور / लंगूर (laṅgūr, “monkey”), from Sanskrit लाङ्गूल (lāṅgūla, “tail”) (compare लाङ्गूलिन् (lāṅgūlin, “tailed; monkey”)).

Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 疣猴 (yóuhóu) — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Finnish: languri — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Finnish: sureli — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Finnish: hanumaani — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Gujarati: લંગગુર (laṅgūr) — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Hindi: लंगूर (laṅgūr) — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Lao: ຕາຫລຸງ (tā lung) — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Polish: gereza — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Polish: langur — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Spanish: langur — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Swedish: langur — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Thai: ค่าง (kâang) — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Urdu: لنگور (lãṅgūr) — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Vietnamese: voọc — group in the subfamily Colobinae
  • Finnish: hulokki — gibbon of the genus Hoolock
  • Polish: hulok — gibbon of the genus Hoolock