Meanings
nounAinu (plural Ainu or Ainus)
plural Ainus · alternative Aino
- A member of the ethnic group indigenous to the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
In the past, the Ainu (their selfname meaning 'person'), traditionally huntergatherers, occupied not only Hokkaido but also a considerable part of the island of Honshu until the middle the eighteenth century, […]
2009, Nicolas Tranter, The Languages of Japan and Korea
adjectiveAinu (not comparable)
alternative Aino
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the Ainu ethnic group or their language.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Hokkaido (“a dog breed”).
Similar
Origin
- Ainuアイヌ
- Japaneseアイヌ (Ainu)
- EnglishAinu
From Japanese アイヌ (Ainu), from Ainu aynu (“person”).
More words from Japanese, Ainu
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic لُغَة آيْنْوِيَّة
- لُغَة آيْنْوِيَّة (luḡa ʔaynwiyya)language
Basque ainuiko
- ainuikolanguage
Bulgarian айнски
- айнски (ajnski)language
Catalan ainu
- ainulanguage
Chinese Mandarin 阿伊努人, 阿伊努語 /阿伊努语
- 阿伊努人 (Āyīnǔrén)Ainu person
- 阿伊努語 /阿伊努语 (Āyīnǔ yǔ)language
Czech ainština
- ainštinalanguage
Dutch Ainu
- Ainulanguage
Esperanto ajnua lingvo
- ajnua lingvolanguage
Finnish ainut, ainu-
- ainutAinu person
- ainu-pertaining to ethnic group or language
- ainunkielinenpertaining to ethnic group or language
- ainun kielilanguage
- ainulanguage
French Aïnou, Aïnoue
- AïnouAinu person
- AïnoueAinu person
- AïnuAinu person
- AïnueAinu person
- aïnoupertaining to ethnic group or language
- aïnupertaining to ethnic group or language
- aïnoulanguage
- aïnulanguage
German Ainu, Ainu
- AinuAinu person
- Ainulanguage
Hebrew שפת איינו
- שפת איינו (safat aynu)language
Italian ainu
- ainulanguage
Japanese アイヌ語
- アイヌ語 (Ainu-go)language
Korean 아이누어
- 아이누어 (Ainu-eo)language
Latin lingua Ainuana
- lingua Ainuanalanguage
Latvian ainu valoda
- ainu valodalanguage
Lithuanian ainų kalba
- ainų kalbalanguage
Malay orang Ainu, Ainu
- orang AinuAinu person
- AinuAinu person
- Ainupertaining to ethnic group or language
- bahasa Ainulanguage
- Ainulanguage
Norwegian ainu-språk
- ainu-språklanguage
Polish Ajnos, Ajnoska
- AjnosAinu person
- AjnoskaAinu person
- ajnuskilanguage
Portuguese ainos, ainus
- ainosAinu person
- ainusAinu person
- ainopertaining to ethnic group or language
- ainupertaining to ethnic group or language
- ainolanguage
- ainulanguage
Russian а́йну, а́йны
- а́йну (ájnu)Ainu person
- а́йны (ájny)Ainu person
- а́йнский язы́к (ájnskij jazýk)language
- а́йну (ájnu)language
Slovak ainský, ainuský
- ainskýpertaining to ethnic group or language
- ainuskýpertaining to ethnic group or language
Spanish ainu, ainu
- ainuAinu person
- ainupertaining to ethnic group or language
- ainulanguage
Swedish ainu
- ainulanguage
Ukrainian айнська
- айнська (ajnsʹka)language
Vietnamese tiếng Ai Nô, tiếng Ainu
- tiếng Ai Nôpertaining to ethnic group or language
- tiếng Ainulanguage
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
Ainu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ainu
MLA
“Ainu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ainu. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ainu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ainu.
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