esquimau

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Adj

Eskimo

Noun

Inuit (language of the Eskimo)

Noun

snowsuit

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ɛs.ki.mo/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

17th century, probably from Montagnais. See English Eskimo for more. The feminine was formed analogically at a time when the masculine had already been standardized, which explains the spelling inconsistency (cf. also absous, andalou, coi, favori).