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Greenlandic

adj · name · 2 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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  • rhymes with -ændɪk

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, the Greenlandic people or the Greenlandic language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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name

Meaning 2

The official language of Greenland, an Eskimo-Aleut language written with the Latin alphabet.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Greenland Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Greenlandic From Greenland + -ic.

Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: groenlandés — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Catalan: groenlandès — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Catalan: grenlandès — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 格陵蘭的 /格陵兰的 (Gélínglán de) — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Czech: grónský — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Danish: grønlandsk — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Dutch: Groenlands — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Faroese: grønlendskur — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Finnish: grönlantilainen — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • French: groenlandais — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • German: grönländisch — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Greek: γροιλανδικός (groilandikós) — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Hungarian: grönlandi — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Icelandic: grænlenskur — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Irish: Graonlannach — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Italian: groenlandese — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grønlandsk — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grønlandsk — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ґренландски (grenlandski) — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Polish: grenlandzki — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Brazilian Portuguese: groenlandês — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • European Portuguese: gronelandês — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Russian: гренла́ндский (grenlándskij) — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Spanish: groenlandés — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Swedish: grönländsk — of, from, or pertaining to Greenland, its people or language
  • Armenian: գրենլանդերեն (grenlanderen) — language
  • Asturian: groenlandés — language
  • Basque: groenlandiera — language
  • Belarusian: грэнла́ндская (hrenlándskaja) — language
  • Belarusian: грэнля́ндзкая (hrenljándzkaja) — language
  • Breton: kalaallisut — language
  • Bulgarian: гренла́ндски ези́к (grenlándski ezík) — language
  • Catalan: groenlandès — language
  • Catalan: grenlandès — language
  • Catalan: kalaallisut — language
  • Cherokee: ᎧᎳᎵᏑᏘ (kalalisuti) — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 格陵蘭語 /格陵兰语 (Gélínglán yǔ) — language
  • Czech: grónština — language
  • Danish: grønlandsk — language
  • Dutch: Groenlands — language
  • Esperanto: Gronlanda lingvo — language
  • Faroese: grønlendskt — language
  • Finnish: grönlanti — language
  • Finnish: grönlannin kieli — language
  • French: groenlandais — language
  • Georgian: გრენლანდიური ენა (grenlandiuri ena) — language
  • German: Grönländisch — language
  • German: Kalaallisut — language
  • Greek: γροιλανδικά (groilandiká) — language
  • Greenlandic: kalaallisut — language
  • Greenlandic: Kalaallisut — language
  • Hawaiian: ʻōlelo ʻĀina ʻŌmaʻomaʻo — language
  • Hungarian: grönlandi nyelv — language
  • Icelandic: grænlenska — language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Kalaallisut — language
  • Irish: Graonlainnis — language
  • Italian: groenlandese — language
  • Japanese: グリーンランド語 (Gurīnrando-go) — language
  • Japanese: カラーリット語 (Karāritto-go) — language
  • Korean: 그린란드어 (Geurillandeu-eo) — language
  • Northern Kurdish: kalaallisut — language
  • Latin: lingua Groenlandica — language
  • Lithuanian: grenlandų kalba — language
  • Macedonian: калалисутски (kalalisutski) — language
  • Macedonian: гренландски (grenlandski) — language
  • Navajo: Hakʼaz Dineʼé bizaad — language
  • Navajo: Haʼaʼaahjí Hakʼaz Dineʼé bizaad — language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grønlandsk — language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grønlandsk — language
  • Pannonian Rusyn: ґренландски (grenlandski) — language
  • Polish: grenlandzki — language
  • Brazilian Portuguese: groenlandês — language
  • European Portuguese: gronelandês — language
  • Russian: гренла́ндский язы́к (grenlándskij jazýk) — language
  • Russian: гренла́ндский (grenlándskij) — language
  • Serbo-Croatian: гренландски језик — language
  • Silesian: grynlandzkŏ gŏdka — language
  • Slovak: grónčina — language
  • Slovene: grenlandščina — language
  • Upper Sorbian: grönlandšćina — language
  • Spanish: groenlandés — language
  • Swahili: Kigrinlandi — language
  • Swedish: grönländska — language
  • Turkish: Grönlandca — language
  • Turkish: Kalaallisut — language
  • Ukrainian: ґренла́ндська (grenlándsʹka) — language
  • Welsh: Glasynyseg — language
Real reading context

Greenlandic in complete knowledge articles