name
Meaning 1
The Algonquian language of these people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Blackfoot
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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US: /ˈblæk.fʊt/
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CMU ARPABET: B L AE1 K F UH2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A city, the county seat of Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A member of a North American confederacy of several tribes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Niitsitapi, Niitsítapi
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
any of the Algonquian languages spoken by the Blackfoot
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquian language
noun
Meaning 6
a member of a warlike group of Algonquians living in the northwestern plains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Algonquian, Algonquin, Plains Indian, Buffalo Indian
History
Etymology
Calque of Blackfoot Siksiká (literally “black foot”).
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Blackfoot: niitsítapi- — a member
- Blackfoot: niitsítapiikoan- — a member
- Blackfoot: niitsítapiáaki- — a member
- German: Schwarzfußindianer — a member
- Marathi: ब्लॅकफुट (blĕkphuṭ) — a member
- Norwegian: svartfot — a member
- Swedish: svartfot — a member
- Unami: Sëksitas — a member
- Blackfoot: Niitsítapi — a North American confederacy
- French: Pieds-Noirs — a North American confederacy
- German: Schwarzfußindianer — a North American confederacy
- Marathi: ब्लॅकफुट (blĕkphuṭ) — a North American confederacy
- Swedish: svartfötterna — a North American confederacy
Real reading context