eskimo

From French esquimau, from Algonquin ayashkimew.

• IPA^(key): [ɛsɡ̊iˈmoːˀ]

eskimo c (singular definite eskimoen, plural indefinite eskimoer)

1. Eskimo

• inuit c

• eskimoisk
• eskimologi c

• eskimolog c
• eskimologisk

From English Eskimo, German Eskimo, ultimately from Algonquin ayashkimew. Doublet of ĥaskio.

• IPA^(key): [esˈkimo]
• Rhymes: -imo
• Hyphenation: es‧ki‧mo

eskimo (accusative singular eskimon, plural eskimoj, accusative plural eskimojn)

1. Eskimo

• IPA^(key): /ˈeskimo/, [ˈe̞s̠k̟imo̞]
• Rhymes: -eskimo
• Syllabification^(key): es‧ki‧mo

From English Eskimo; see it for more.

eskimo

1. Eskimo (person)
2. (in the plural) Eskimo (people)

• “1. eskimo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

From Suomen Eskimo (“Finnish Eskimo”), a former ice cream maker that introduced the ice cream bar into the Finnish market. The ice cream was still sold as Eskimo until the name was retired in 2020, although it still remains a trademark.

eskimo (informal, genericized trademark)

1. Synonym of jäätelöpuikko (ice cream bar, specifically one coated in a thin layer of chocolate)

• esquimau

From Eskimo m.

eskimo (invariable)

1. Eskimo

• “eskimo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

eskimo m (invariable)

1. a parka coat