Sioux

See also: sioux

English

Etymology

From French Sioux, shortening of Nadouessioux, from Ojibwe naadawesiwag (“little snakes”), which could refer to the massasauga snake (Sistrurus catenatus), a small rattlesnake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjuː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: sue, Sue, soo

Proper noun

Sioux pl (plural only)

1. Various formerly nomadic Native American tribes of the North American Great Plains.

Derived terms

• Big Sioux
• Sioux City
• Sioux County
• Sioux Falls

Related terms

• Siouan

Translations

tribes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇族 / 苏族 (Sūzú)

• Finnish: sioux (fi)
• French: Sioux (fr) m or f
• Galician: síux m pl
• German: Sioux (de) m pl
• Macedonian: Сиу (Siu)
• Ojibwe: Bwaanag, Naadawesiwag
• Ottawa: Naadweswag
• Portuguese: siú (pt)
• Potawatomi: Nadwéswak
• Russian: си́у (ru) m (síu)
• Swedish: siouxer (sv)
• Unami: Shaha

Proper noun

Sioux

1. A member of the Sioux tribe.

Translations

member of the Sioux tribe

• French: Sioux (fr) m or f
• Galician: síux m or m pl or f or f pl
• German: Sioux (de) m
• Unami: Shaha

Proper noun

Sioux

1. The group of languages spoken by the Sioux.

Translations

language group

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇語 / 苏语 (Sūyǔ)

• Finnish: sioux (fi)
• French: sioux (fr) m
• Galician: síux m
• Macedonian: сиуа́нски m pl (siuánski)
• Portuguese: siú (pt)
• Russian: си́у (ru) (síu)
• Swedish: siouxspråk

See also

• Crow
• Dakota
• Lakota
• Nakota
• The Lakota Sioux Language Site

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Assiniboine, asb ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Dakota, dak ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Lakota, lkt ⁠
• Ethnologue entry for Stoney, sto ⁠

Czech

Noun

Sioux m anim

1. Sioux (member of Sioux tribes)

Declension

Declension of Sioux (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sioux	Siouxové
genitive	Siouxa	Siouxů
dative	Siouxovi, Siouxu	Siouxům
accusative	Siouxa	Siouxy
vocative	Siouxe	Siouxové
locative	Siouxovi, Siouxu	Siouxech
instrumental	Siouxem	Siouxy

Further reading

• “Sioux”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)

French

Etymology

Clipping of Nadouessioux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sju/

• Audio:

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Noun

Sioux m or f (invariable)

1. Sioux

Further reading

• “Sioux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French Sioux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈziːʊks/, /suː/, /sjuː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Sioux m or f (strong, genitive Sioux, plural Sioux)

1. member of the Sioux
   • 1873, “Erinnerungen aus dem Indianeraufstand in Minnesota”, in Die Gartenlaube:

     Diejenigen Indianerstämme, welche zur Zeit der hier erzählten Ereignisse den südwestlichen Theil Minnesotas bewohnten, gehörten sämmtlich dem großen, kriegerischen Stamme der Sioux oder Dacotas an.

     The Indian tribes who inhabited the southwestern part of Minnesota at the time of the events narrated here all belonged to the large, warlike tribe of the Sioux or Dakotas.

Declension

Declension of Sioux [masculine // feminine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein, eine	der, die	Sioux	die	Sioux
genitive	eines, einer	des, der	Sioux	der	Sioux
dative	einem, einer	dem, der	Sioux	den	Sioux
accusative	einen, eine	den, die	Sioux	die	Sioux

Hypernyms

• Indianer

Further reading

• “Sioux” in Duden online