orang C2 Topic:Register & Style US /ɔˈræŋ/ UK /ɔːˈræŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #105504 Meanings 1 noun dated: a shortened form of orangutan, the large arboreal ape native to Borneo and Sumatra The nineteenth-century naturalist repeatedly shortened orangutan to orang. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · dated: a shortened form of... orangutan Word family Forms orangs Related forms apeprimateorangutan Etymology A shortening of orangutan, ultimately from Malay orang hutan ("forest person"), from orang ("person") and hutan ("forest"). The clipped English form orang is now dated. Topics Register & Style General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # orang **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɔˈræŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ɔːˈræŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 105504 ## Meanings 1. dated: a shortened form of orangutan, the large arboreal ape native to Borneo and Sumatra ## Examples - The nineteenth-century naturalist repeatedly shortened orangutan to orang. ## Synonyms - orangutan ## Related Forms - ape - primate - orangutan ## Etymology A shortening of orangutan, ultimately from Malay orang hutan ("forest person"), from orang ("person") and hutan ("forest"). The clipped English form orang is now dated. ## Topics - Register & Style - General Vocabulary markdown