Meanings
proper noun
alternative Yenisseian
- A family of languages spoken in central Siberia.
Synonyms: Yeniseic, Yenisei-Ostyak
- Proto-Yeniseian: the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.
nounYeniseian (plural Yeniseians)
plural Yeniseians · alternative Yenisseian
- A member of the original ethnolinguistic group hypothesized to have spoken Proto-Yeniseian.
adjectiveYeniseian (not comparable)
alternative Yenisseian
- not comparableOf or relating to the languages comprising the Yeniseian language family, or their speakers.
- not comparableOf or relating to the hypothetical parent language of the Yeniseian language family.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA family of languages spoken in central Siberia.
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nounthe Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian
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Origin
Translations
Dutch Jenisejisch
- Jenisejischof or relating to the languages of the Yeniseian family, or their speakers
Finnish jeniseiläiskielet, jeniseiläinen
- jeniseiläiskieletfamily of languages
- jeniseiläinenmember of the Yeniseian ethnolinguistic group
- jeniseiläinenof or relating to the languages of the Yeniseian family, or their speakers
Polish język jenisejski, Jenisej
- język jenisejskifamily of languages
- Jenisejmember of the Yeniseian ethnolinguistic group
- Jenisejkamember of the Yeniseian ethnolinguistic group
- jenisejskiof or relating to the languages of the Yeniseian family, or their speakers
Cite this entry
APA
Yeniseian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yeniseian
MLA
“Yeniseian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yeniseian. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Yeniseian,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Yeniseian.
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