Uralic

[ yoo-ral-ik ]

noun
  1. a family of languages that comprises Finno-Ugric and Samoyed as subfamilies. Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian belong to Uralic.

adjective
  1. Also Uralian. of or relating to Uralic.

Origin of Uralic

1
First recorded in 1860–65; Ural + -ic

Words Nearby Uralic

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British Dictionary definitions for Uralic

Uralic

Uralian (jʊˈreɪlɪən)

/ (jʊˈrælɪk) /


noun
  1. a superfamily of languages consisting of the Finno-Ugric family together with Samoyed: See also Ural-Altaic

adjective
  1. of or relating to these languages

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