blackfoot
US/ˈblæk.fʊt/
blackfoot noun: a tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium.
Noun (1)
blackfoot (uncountable)
- A tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium.
Noun (2) capitalized: Blackfoot
Blackfoot (plural Blackfoots or Blackfoot or Blackfeet)
- A member of a North American confederacy of several tribes.
- "This is how - they brought me home - after a fight with the Blackfeet."1952, Dorothy M. Johnson, The Unbeliever; in Indian Country, London: Corgi, 1961, page 42
- Bears and other ferocious beasts resented man's intrusion into their domain; so, too, did the Blackfoot Indians and other tribes, whose savage hostility was a constant menace to the lives of the toiling engineers.1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 128
- Synonyms:
- Niitsitapi, Niitsítapi
Proper noun capitalized: Blackfoot
Blackfoot
- The Algonquian language of these people.
- A city, the county seat of Bingham County, Idaho, United States.
Synonyms of blackfoot
Forms of blackfoot
| plural | Blackfoots |
|---|---|
| plural | Blackfoot |
| plural | Blackfeet |
Origin of blackfoot
Calque of Blackfoot Siksiká (literally “black foot”).
Questions about blackfoot
- What does blackfoot mean?
- Blackfoot means a tropical American bush of the genus Melampodium.
- What part of speech is blackfoot?
- Blackfoot can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce blackfoot?
- Blackfoot is pronounced /ˈblæk.fʊt/ (US).
- What is the plural of blackfoot?
- The plural of blackfoot is Blackfoots.
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