inuit in English dictionary

  • Inuit

    Meanings and definitions of "inuit"

    • Any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.
    • Plural form of Inuk. Individual members of the Inuit peoples.
    • Inuktitut, the Inuit language.
    • Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture.
    • adjective
      Of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture.
    • noun
      Any of several Aboriginal peoples of coastal Arctic Canada, Alaska, and Greenland.
    • noun
      (nonstandard)
      Individual members of the Inuit peoples.
    • proper
      Inuktitut, the Inuit language.
    • the people
    • the language
    • noun
      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')

    Synonyms of "inuit" in English dictionary

    Innuit, Eskimo, Esquimau are the top synonyms of "inuit" in the English thesaurus.

    • Innuit
    • Eskimo · Esquimau

      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')

    Grammar and declension of inuit

    • Inuit ( plural  Inuit)
    • Inuit ( comparative more Inuit, superlative most Inuit)
    • Inuit (comparative more Inuit, superlative most Inuit)
    • Inuit (plural Inuit)
  • inuit

    Synonyms of "inuit" in English dictionary

    Indian, Esquimau, Eskimo are the top synonyms of "inuit" in the English thesaurus.

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