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Chinook

Chinook

9.9
A language once spoken by the Native American people who lived near the mouth of the Columbia River
  • noun
  • /ʧɪˈnʊk/
translation icon : idioma chinook
  • Only a few elders are now fluent in Chinook.

Examples

  • There are ongoing efforts to revive the use of Chinook in local schools.

  • I learned a few phrases in Chinook last summer.

  • He studied the grammar and vocabulary of Chinook for his dissertation.

  • The Chinook language has many unique words.

  • He studied the grammar and vocabulary of Chinook for his dissertation.

  • Only a few elders are now fluent in Chinook.

  • There are ongoing efforts to revive the use of Chinook in local schools.

Synonyms

Chinook language
vsChinook
9.9

A native language the Chinook people speak near the lower Columbia River

is the identical language presented as the main dictionary label
Chinookan
vsChinook
9.9

A Native American language that the Chinook people speak in the Pacific Northwest

is the same language but described with a broader North America scope

Compounds

Chinook Jargon
9.9

A simple language made from native languages, French, and English used for trade in the Pacific Northwest

Chinook language
9.9

A native language the Chinook people speak near the lower Columbia River

chinook salmon
  • US
4.6

A large Pacific fish eaten as food that dies after laying eggs

chinook salmon
  • US
4.5

Pink or white flesh of a large Pacific fish that people eat

Chinook wind
  • US
8.2

A warm dry wind that blows down the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains and quickly raises temperature

Surface Forms

Chinook singular
Chinooks plural

Etymology

Chinook is also the name of the language the Chinook people spoke. The word comes from the people's name, just like English names the people of England and their language, so Chinook now means the language of those people.