Meanings
comparative more Inuit · superlative most Inuit · alternative Innuit
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Inuktitut, the Inuit language.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna 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’)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Inuit*inuɣ
- Inuktitutᐃᓄᐃᑦ“the people”
- EnglishInuit
First attested 1755–65. From Inuktitut ᐃᓄᐃᑦ (inoit, “the people”), singular ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”), from Proto-Inuit *inuɣ.
More words from Inuktitut, Proto-Inuit
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Chinese Cantonese 因紐特人 /因纽特人, 因紐特語 /因纽特语
- 因紐特人 /因纽特人 (jan¹ nau⁵ dak⁶ jan⁴)the people
- 因紐特語 /因纽特语 (jan¹ nau⁵ dak⁶ jyu⁵)the language
Chinese Mandarin 因紐特人 /因纽特人, 因紐特語 /因纽特语
- 因紐特人 /因纽特人 (Yīnniǔtèrén)the people
- 因紐特語 /因纽特语 (Yīnniǔtèyǔ)the language
Czech inuita, inuité
- inuitathe people
- inuitéthe people
- inuitštinathe language
- inuitskýof or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
Danish inuit, inuitisk
- inuitthe people
- inuitiskof or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
Esperanto inuitoj
- inuitojthe people
Finnish inuitti, inuitti
- inuittithe people
- inuittithe language
French Inuit, inuit
- Inuitthe people
- inuitof or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
Hindi इनुइत, इनुइत
- इनुइत (inuit)the people
- इनुइत (inuit)the language
- इनुइत (inuit)of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
Icelandic Inúíti, inúískur
- Inúítithe people
- inúískurof or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
Norwegian Bokmål inuitt, inuittisk
- inuittthe people
- inuittiskthe language
- inuittiskof or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
Polish Inuita, Inuitka
- Inuitathe people
- Inuitkathe people
- inuickithe language
- inuickiof or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
Portuguese inuítes, inuíte
- inuítesthe people
- inuítethe language
- inuíteof or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
Russian инуи́т, инуи́тка
- инуи́т (inuít)the people
- инуи́тка (inuítka)the people
- инуи́тский язы́к (inuítskij jazýk)the language
- инуи́тский (inuítskij)of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
Ukrainian інуї́ти, інуї́т
- інуї́ти (inujíty)the people
- інуї́т (inujít)the people
- інуї́тка (inujítka)the people
- інуї́тська мо́ва (inujítsʹka móva)the language
- інуї́тська (inujítsʹka)the language
- інуї́тський (inujítsʹkyj)of or pertaining to Inuit people, language, or culture
Cite this entry
Inuit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Inuit
“Inuit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Inuit. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Inuit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Inuit.
Source: Inuit on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.