Aleut

English

Etymology

From Russian алеу́т (aleút), probably from a native word, 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

Derived terms

• Aleut Islands
• Aleut Peninsula

Translations

of the Aleutian Islands

• Aleut: Unangam tunuu
• Catalan: aleuta (ca)
• Danish: aleutisk
• Dutch: Aleoetisch (nl)
• French: aléoute (fr)
• German: aleutisch
• Irish: Ailiúit, Ailiúiteach
• 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
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿留申人 (Āliúshēn rén)

• Danish: aleut c
• Finnish: aleutti (fi)
• French: Aléoute (fr) m or f
• German: Aleute (de) m, Aleutin (de) f
• Irish: Ailiúit m, Ailiúiteach 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).

   Synonym: Unangam Tunuu

Translations

language of the Aleutian Islands

• Aleut: Unangam Tunuu
• Catalan: aleuta (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᎠᎵᎤᏘ (aliuti)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿留申語 / 阿留申语 (zh) (āliúshēnyǔ)

• Czech: aleutština f
• 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

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lutea