amerind

1. 1.

   any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

   SynonymsAmerindian languageAmerican-Indian languageAmerican IndianIndian

   Broadernatural language

   NarrowerAlgonquianAtakapaAthapaskanMuskhogeanNa-DeneMosanCaddoIroquoianQuechuaMaraco

1. 1.

   of or pertaining to Native Americans or their culture or languages

   “Native American religions”

   “Indian arrowheads”

   SynonymsIndianAmerindicNative American

Other forms of amerind

plural

amerinds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about amerind

What does amerind mean?

amerind means "any of the languages spoken by Amerindians". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in amerind?

amerind has 3 syllables: a-me-rind. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for amerind?

Close synonyms include Amerindian language, American-Indian language, American Indian, Indian, Indian. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is amerind a common word?

amerind is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.