inuit

From Greenlandic inuit (“people”), plural of inuk (“person”).

• IPA^(key): [inuˈid̥]

inuit c (singular definite inuitten, plural indefinite inuitter)

1. Inuit

• eskimo c

• inuitisk

• IPA^(key): /ˈinui̯t/, [ˈinui̯t̪]
• Rhymes: -inuit
• Syllabification^(key): i‧nuit

inuit

1. (nonstandard) Alternative form of inuitti (“Inuit”).

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”).

• IPA^(key): /i.nɥit/

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inuit (invariable)
inuit (feminine inuite, masculine plural inuits, feminine plural inuites)

1. (relational) Inuit

• Variably inflected or left invariant in all forms; the official recommendation in Canada is to inflect it, and in France to leave it uninflected.

• inuitisation
• inuitiser

• Inuit
• inuktitut

• Inuit/Inuk (Recommandation linguistique du Bureau de la traduction)

inuit

1. plural of inuk

• inuiaat

inuit

1. plural of inuk

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”).

• IPA^(key): /i.nuˈit/, (careful style) /ˈi.nu.it/[1]
• Rhymes: -it, (careful style) -inuit
• Hyphenation: i‧nu‧ìt, (careful style) ì‧nu‧it

inuit (invariable)

1. Inuit

inuit m or f by sense (invariable)

1. Inuit

inuit m (uncountable)

1. Inuit language

• eschimese

• IPA^(key): /iˈnuit/ [iˈnui̯t̪]
• Rhymes: -uit
• Syllabification: i‧nuit

inuit (invariable)

1. Inuit

inuit m or f (plural inuites)

1. Inuit
2. (uncountable) Inuktitut