adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Inuit
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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/ˈɪnjuːɪt/
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/ˈɪnuːɪt/
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/ˈɪnʊɪt/
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/ˈɪnjuːɛt/
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name
Meaning 2
Synonym of Inuktitut, the Inuit language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Inuktitut
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A member of any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
plural of Inuk
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 5
a member of a people inhabiting the Arctic (northern Canada or Greenland or Alaska or eastern Siberia); the Algonquians called them Eskimo (`eaters of raw flesh') but they call themselves the Inuit (`the people')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Eskimo, Esquimau
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: Indian, American Indian, Red Indian
History
Etymology
First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ.
Across languages
Translations
48 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: inuitský — of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
- Danish: inuitisk — of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
- French: inuit — of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
- Hindi: इनुइत (inuit) — of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
- Icelandic: inúískur — of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
- Norwegian Bokmål: inuittisk — of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
- Norwegian Nynorsk: inuittisk — of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
- Polish: inuicki — of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
- Portuguese: inuíte — of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
- Russian: инуи́тский (inuítskij) — of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
- Ukrainian: інуї́тський (inujítsʹkyj) — of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
- Chinese Cantonese: 因紐特語 /因纽特语 (jan1 nau5 dak6 jyu5) — the language
- Chinese Mandarin: 因紐特語 /因纽特语 (Yīnniǔtèyǔ) — the language
- Czech: inuitština — the language
- Finnish: inuitti — the language
- Hindi: इनुइत (inuit) — the language
- Inuktitut: Inuktitut — the language
- Inupiaq: Iñupiatun — the language
- Inupiaq: Iñupiaq — the language
- Norwegian Bokmål: inuittisk — the language
- Norwegian Nynorsk: inuittisk — the language
- Polish: inuicki — the language
- Portuguese: inuíte — the language
- Russian: инуи́тский язы́к (inuítskij jazýk) — the language
- Ukrainian: інуї́тська мо́ва (inujítsʹka móva) — the language
- Ukrainian: інуї́тська (inujítsʹka) — the language
- Chinese Cantonese: 因紐特人 /因纽特人 (jan1 nau5 dak6 jan4) — the people
- Chinese Mandarin: 因紐特人 /因纽特人 (Yīnniǔtèrén) — the people
- Czech: inuita — the people
- Czech: inuité — the people
- Danish: inuit — the people
- Esperanto: inuitoj — the people
- Finnish: inuitti — the people
- French: Inuit — the people
- Hindi: इनुइत (inuit) — the people
- Icelandic: Inúíti — the people
- Inuktitut: inuit — the people
- Inupiaq: Iñuit — the people
- Norwegian Bokmål: inuitt — the people
- Norwegian Nynorsk: inuitt — the people
- Polish: Inuita — the people
- Polish: Inuitka — the people
- Portuguese: inuítes — the people
- Russian: инуи́т (inuít) — the people
- Russian: инуи́тка (inuítka) — the people
- Ukrainian: інуї́ти (inujíty) — the people
- Ukrainian: інуї́т (inujít) — the people
- Ukrainian: інуї́тка (inujítka) — the people
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