Inuit Definition

ĭno͝o-ĭt, -yo͝o-
inuits
noun
A member of a group of Eskimos of N North America, inhabiting areas from Greenland and E Canada to Alaska.
Webster's New World
The language of this people, belonging to the Eskimo-Aleut language family.
Webster's New World
Webster's New World
Any of the languages spoken by the Inuit.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
pronoun

Inuktitut, the Inuit language.

Wiktionary
adjective
Of or relating to the Inuit or the languages spoken by the Inuit.
American Heritage

Origin of Inuit

  • First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inuit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inuk, “person”), from Proto-Eskimo *inguɣ.

    From Wiktionary

  • Inuit pl. of inuk human being, Eskimo

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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