# lemur
## English
### Etymology

From Latin lemurēs (“spirits of the dead”). The name was originally given to the red slender loris (then Lemur tardigradus) in 1754 by Carl Linnaeus. According to Linnaeus, the name was selected because of the nocturnal activity and slow movements of the red slender loris. In 1758, Linnaeus added, among others, the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) to the genus Lemur. All other species, including the red slender loris, were eventually moved to other genera. In time, the word became the colloquial name for all primates endemic to Madagascar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈliːmə(ɹ)/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːmə(ɹ)
* Homophone: Lima (non-rhotic)

### Noun

lemur (plural lemurs)
* (colloquial) Any strepsirrhine primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes, superfamily Lemuroidea, native only to Madagascar and some surrounding islands.
* Any of the genus Lemur, represented by the ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta).
* (obsolete) A loris (Lemur tardigradus, now Loris tardigradus), predating the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ.

#### Usage notes

The taxonomy is currently disputed, see Taxonomy of lemurs on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

#### Derived terms

* bamboo lemur (Hapalemur spp.)
* Bemaraha woolly lemur
* black-and-white ruffed lemur
* black lemur
* Cleese's woolly lemur
* dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus spp.)
* fat-tailed lemur. fat-tailed dwarf lemur
* flying lemur (Cynocephalidae spp.)
* fork-marked lemur (Phaner spp.)
* gentle lemur (Hapalemur spp.)
* giant mouse lemur (Mirza spp.)
* greater bamboo lemur
* Groves' dwarf lemur
* hairy-eared dwarf lemur (Allocebus trichotis)
* koala lemur
* lemuriform
* lemuroid
* lemur-tail seahorse
* Madame Berthe's mouse lemur
* mouse lemur (Microcebus spp.)
* ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta)
* ruffed lemur (Verecia spp.)
* Sanford's brown lemur, Sanford's lemur
* slow lemur
* sportive lemur (Lepilemuridae spp.)
* subfossil lemur
* true lemur (Eulemur spp.)
* woolly lemur (Avahi spp.)

#### Related terms

* lemures
* Lemuria

#### Translations
### References

* lemur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Lemuriformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Lemuriformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* ↑ A. R. Dunkel with J. S. Zijlstra and C. P. Groves (2011-2012) “Giant Rabbits, Marmosets, and British Comedies: Etymology of Lemur Names, Part 1”, in Lemur News‎, volume 16, archived from the original on 6 November 2016, pages 64–70.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlɛmur]

### Noun

lemur m anim
* lemur

#### Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* lemuří

### Further reading

* “lemur”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “lemur”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Icelandic
### Verb

lemur (weak)
* second-person singular present indicative of lemja
* third-person singular present indicative of lemja

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English lemur, French lémur, German Lemur, ultimately from Latin lemurēs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɛ.mur/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛmur
* Syllabification: le‧mur

### Noun

lemur m animal
* lemur (any primate of the infraorder Lemuriformes)
* (Roman mythology) lemures (spirit or ghost of the dead, considered as malignant)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* lemur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* lemur in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* lemury in PWN's encyclopedia

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French lémure.

### Noun

lemur m (plural lemuri)
* lemur

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lěmuːr/
* Hyphenation: le‧mur

### Noun

lèmūr m (Cyrillic spelling лѐмӯр)
* lemur

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin lemures (“spirits”). First attested in 1861.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lɛˈmʉːr/

### Noun

lemur c
* (animal) a lemur [since 1912]
* (Roman mythology) a lemures [since 1861]
    Synonyms: ande, spöke, gast

#### See also

* maki

### References

* 1 2 lemur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* ↑ lemur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* lemur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

### Anagrams

* Lerum

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish lémur or English lemur, from Latin lemurēs (“spirits of the dead”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈlemuɾ/ [ˈlɛː.mʊɾ]
* Rhymes: -emuɾ
* Syllabification: le‧mur

### Noun

lemur (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜒᜋᜓᜇ᜔)
* lemur