Meanings
nounNenets (plural Nenets)
proper noun
- The Samoyedic languages spoken by these people.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna Uralic language spoken by a Samoyed of northern Siberia
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Origin
- Russianненец
- Russianненец
- EnglishNenets
Borrowed from Russian ненец (nenec).
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Catalan iurac
- iuraclanguage
Dutch Nenets
- Nenetslanguage
Finnish nenetsin kieli
- nenetsin kielilanguage
French nénètse
- nénètselanguage
German Nenzisch
- Nenzischlanguage
Hungarian nyenyec, nyenyec
- nyenyecperson
- nyenyeclanguage
Irish Neneitsis
- Neneitsislanguage
Italian lingua neneziana
- lingua nenezianalanguage
Korean 네네츠어
- 네네츠어 (nenecheueo)language
Norwegian nenetsisk
- nenetsisklanguage
Polish nieniec, język nieniecki
- nieniecperson
- język nienieckilanguage
Portuguese nenets, samoiedo
- nenetsperson
- samoiedoperson
- nenetslanguage
- samoiedolanguage
Romanian limba neneț
- limba nenețlanguage
Russian не́нец, не́нка
- не́нец (nénec)person
- не́нка (nénka)person
- нене́цкий (nenéckij)language
- нене́цкий язы́к (nenéckij jazýk)language
Slovak Nenec
- Nenecperson
Spanish nénets, nenezos
- nénetsperson
- nenezosperson
- nenetslanguage
- nenezolanguage
Swedish nentsier, nentsiska
- nentsierperson
- nentsiskalanguage
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
Nenets. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nenets
MLA
“Nenets.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nenets. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Nenets,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Nenets.
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