esquimal

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Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
IPA^(key): (Valencia)

Adjective

esquimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural esquimals)

Eskimo

Noun

esquimal m or f by sense (plural esquimals)

Eskimo

Further reading

“esquimal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“esquimal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“esquimal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“esquimal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French esquimaux, as if its singular were *esquimal instead of actual esquimau.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eskiˈmal/
Rhymes: -al
Syllabification: es‧qui‧mal

Noun

esquimal m or f by sense (plural esquimales)

Eskimo

Adjective

esquimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural esquimales)

Eskimo

Further reading

“esquimal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16

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