Eskimo
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USAGE NOTE
The word "Eskimo" may be considered offensive by the indigenous peoples of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska, and northeastern Siberia, who prefer the terms "Inuit" or "Aleut." The term is still widely used in anthropological contexts. The plural of “Eskimo” is "Eskimos" or “Eskimo.”
Eskimo(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (language)
a. el esquimal (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
It's a myth that there are so many words for snow in Eskimo.Es un mito que haya tantas palabras para la nieve en el esquimal.
2. (person)
a. el esquimal (M), la esquimal (F)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
You didn't think that Eskimos all lived in igloos, did you?No creías que todos los esquimales vivían en iglúes, ¿verdad?
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