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Inuit en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪnʊɪt/
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɪnuːɪt/
  • /ˈɪnjuːɛt/
  • /ˈɪnjuːɪt/

Etymology

First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ.

Meanings

  1. Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Innuit alternative lexicographic
more Inuit Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most Inuit Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

Inuitize · Inuitization

Relateds

Innu

Synonyms

Innuitian · Inuitian

Translations (11)

nb inuittisk (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture) · cs inuitský (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture) · fr inuit (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture) · hi इनुइत (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture) · pl inuicki (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture) · nn inuittisk (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture) · is inúískur (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture) · ru инуи́тский (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture) · pt inuíte (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture) · da inuitisk (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture) · uk інуї́тський (of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture)

Inuit en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪnʊɪt/
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɪnuːɪt/
  • /ˈɪnjuːɛt/
  • /ˈɪnjuːɪt/

Etymology

First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, plural) plural of Inuk
    form of Inuk
  2. A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.

Forms

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Inuits Number=Plur rare lexicographic
Innuit alternative lexicographic
Inuit Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Inuit Dog · Canadian Inuit Dog · Inuitian · Caribou Inuit · Polar Inuit · Alaskan Inuit

Holonyms

Kalaallit · Nunatsiavummiut, Labrador Inuit · Nunavimmiut · Inuinnaq · or Inupik · Nunatuĸavummiut, Labrador Metis, Inuit Metis · Iñupiaq · Inupiaq · Inuvialuit · Inupiat · Nunavummiut

Hypernyms

Eskimo

Hyponyms

Greenlander

Relateds

Inukshuk

Synonyms

Skraeling · Inuk · Inuits

Translations (22)

yue 因紐特人 /因纽特人 (the people) · fr Inuit (the people) · hi इनुइत (the people) · iu inuit (the people) · nb inuitt (the people) · ik Iñuit (the people) · cmn 因紐特人 /因纽特人 (the people) · is Inúíti (the people) · cs inuita (the people) · pl Inuita (the people) · eo inuitoj (the people) · pt inuítes (the people) · nn inuitt (the people) · cs inuité (the people) · pl Inuitka (the people) · ru инуи́тка (the people) · fi inuitti (the people) · uk інуї́т (the people) · uk інуї́ти (the people) · da inuit (the people) · ru инуи́т (the people) · uk інуї́тка (the people)

Inuit en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɪnʊɪt/
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈɪnuːɪt/
  • /ˈɪnjuːɛt/
  • /ˈɪnjuːɪt/

Etymology

First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ.

Meanings

  1. Synonym of Inuktitut, the Inuit language.

Forms

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Innuit alternative lexicographic

Meronyms

Inuktitut · Kalaallisut · Inuvialuktun · or locally Inuttut · Inupiak · Inupiatun · Labradorimiutut · Nunavimmiutitut · Greenlandic · Greenlandish · Nunatsiavummiutut · Inuinnaqtun

Synonyms

Inuktitut

Translations (15)

cs inuitština (the language) · fi inuitti (the language) · uk інуї́тська мо́ва (the language) · ru инуи́тский язы́к (the language) · hi इनुइत (the language) · iu Inuktitut (the language) · pl inuicki (the language) · nb inuittisk (the language) · nn inuittisk (the language) · yue 因紐特語 /因纽特语 (the language) · ik Iñupiatun (the language) · uk інуї́тська (the language) · pt inuíte (the language) · cmn 因紐特語 /因纽特语 (the language) · ik Iñupiaq (the language)