Aleut

Aleut

English

Etymology

From Russian алеу́т (aleút), probably from a native word,[1] perhaps Aleut allíthuh (“community”) or Chukchi aliat (“island”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæ.liːˈuːt/, /ˈæ.liːˌuːt/, /əˈluːt/
• Rhymes: -uːt, -æliːuːt

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Adjective

Aleut (not comparable)

1. Of the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or their language.

Synonyms

• Aleutian
• Aleutic

Translations

of the Aleutian Islands

Aleut: Unangam tunuu Catalan: aleuta (ca) Danish: aleutisk Dutch: Aleoetisch (nl) French: aléoute (fr) German: aleutisch Irish: Ailiúit Norwegian: Bokmål: aleutisk Nynorsk: aleutisk Polish: aleucki (pl) m Russian: алеу́тский (ru) (aleútskij) Swedish: aleutisk, aleut-

Noun

Aleut (plural Aleuts)

1. A member of the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the United States and of Kamchatka Krai in the Russia.
2. A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands.

Derived terms

• Aleutian
• Aleutic

Translations

native of the Aleutian Islands

Catalan: aleuta (ca) m or f Danish: aleut c Finnish: aleutti (fi) French: Aléoute (fr) m or f German: Aleute (de) m, Aleutin (de) f Irish: Ailiúit m Norwegian: Bokmål: aleut (no) m Nynorsk: aleut m Polish: Aleuta (pl) m, Aleutka (pl) f Portuguese: aleúte (pt) m or f Russian: алеу́т (ru) m (aleút), алеу́тка (ru) f (aleútka) Swedish: aleut m, aleutiska (sv) f Turkish: Aleut (tr)

Proper noun

Aleut

1. The language of the Aleutian Islands, related to Eskimo (Inupiaq and Yupik).

Translations

language of the Aleutian Islands

Aleut: Unangam Tunuu Catalan: aleuta (ca) m Dutch: Aleoetisch (nl) n Finnish: aleutti (fi) French: aléoute (fr) m German: Aleutisch (de) n, Alëutisch n Irish: Ailiúitis f Norwegian: Bokmål: aleutisk m Nynorsk: aleutisk m Polish: aleucki (pl) m Portuguese: aleúte (pt) m Russian: алеу́тский (ru) m (aleútskij) Swedish: aleutiska (sv) c Turkish: Aleutça (tr)

See also

• Alaska
• Aleutian
• Aleutic
• Eskimo
• Eskimo-Aleut
• Eskimo-Aleutic
• Eskimo-Aleutian
• Eskaleutian
• Eskaleutic
• Eskaleut

References

1. “Aleut”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Aleut terms
• Aleut on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aleut language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Aleut, ale ⁠

Anagrams

• lutea