Algonquin
[ al-gong-kin, -kwin ]
/ ælˈgɒŋ kɪn, -kwɪn /
Save This Word!
noun, plural Al·gon·quins, (especially collectively) Al·gon·quin for 1, 3.
a member of a group of North American Indian tribes formerly along the Ottawa River and the northern tributaries of the St. Lawrence.
their speech, a dialect of Ojibwa, of the Algonquian family of languages.
adjective
QUIZZES
QUIZ YOURSELF ON THE MANY TYPES OF NOUNS
They're everywhere you turn, but can you identify the 10 types of nouns easily? This quiz will test your mettle against singular, plural, concrete, abstract, common, proper, collective, compound, countable, and uncountable nouns!
Question 1 of 7
Shoelaces, rainbow, toothpaste, and haircuts are all what type of noun?
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing
Also Algonkin.
Origin of Algonquin
1615–25; <French; earlier Algoumequin, presumably < an Algonquian language
Words nearby Algonquin
algology, algometer, Algonkian, Algonkin, Algonquian, Algonquin, Algonquin Park, algophagous, algophilia, algophobia, algor
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for Algonquin
British Dictionary definitions for Algonquin
Algonquin
Algonkin (ælˈɡɒŋkɪn)
/ (ælˈɡɒŋkɪn, -kwɪn) /
noun
plural -quins, -quin, -kins or -kin a member of a North American Indian people formerly living along the St Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers in Canada
the language of this people, a dialect of Ojibwa
noun, adjective
a variant of Algonquian
Word Origin for Algonquin
C17: from Canadian French, earlier written as Algoumequin; perhaps related to Micmac algoomaking at the fish-spearing place
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012