inuktitut
French, noun/i.nuk.ti.tut/
inuktitut is spelled I-N-U-K-T-I-T-U-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 100,007th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inuktitut is a French masculine noun meaning “Inuktitut (language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Un des quatre grands ensembles linguistiques de l’inuit, parlé dans le nord du Québec et dans le Nunavut…”.
What does inuktitut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineInuktitut (language)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Un des quatre grands ensembles linguistiques de l’inuit, parlé dans le nord du Québec et dans le Nunavut (Nord oriental canadien).
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’inuktitut.
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 inuktitut
- inuktituts plural masculine
- inuktitute singular feminine
- inuktitutes plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inuktitut?
- /i.nuk.ti.tut/
- \i.nuk.ti.tut\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is inuktitut in French?
inuktitut appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).