innu
French, noun
innu is spelled I-N-N-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written French, the 75,533rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Innu is a French masculine noun meaning “Innu (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Innu is a different word: “Innu (people)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue parlée par les Innus, peuple autochtone de l'est du Canada”.
What does innu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineInnu (language)
adjective
- 1
Innu
noun
- 1
masculineInnu (people)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Langue parlée par les Innus, peuple autochtone de l'est du Canada.
adjective: 1. Relatif au peuple et à la culture des Innus.
noun: 1. Membre du peuple innu.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of innu
- Innus plural
- Innue feminine
- innue feminine
- innus masculine plural
- innues feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to innu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is innu in French?
innu appears about once in every 5 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).