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Gros Ventre

Gros Ventre noun: a member of a historically Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe in north central Montana.

Noun

Gros Ventre (plural Gros Ventres or Gros Ventre)

  1. A member of a historically Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe in north central Montana.
    Synonyms:
    A'aninin, Aaniiih, Aaniinen, Atsina, White Clay

Proper noun

Gros Ventre

  1. Their language, an Algonquian language.
    • Persons who have some knowledge of the language often talk about the language with each other; usually the conversation concerns how some particular thing was called in Gros Ventre, or how one would translate some English concept into Gros Ventre.1992, Allan R. Taylor, “Problems in obsolescence research”, in Nancy C. Dorian, editors, Investigating Obsolescence: Studies in Language Contraction and Death, Cambridge University Press, page 171
    Synonyms:
    Aaniiih, Atsina, White Clay

Synonyms of Gros Ventre

Forms of Gros Ventre

pluralGros Ventres
pluralGros Ventre

Origin of Gros Ventre

From French gros ventre (“big belly”).

Questions about Gros Ventre

What does Gros Ventre mean?
Gros Ventre means a member of a historically Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe in north central Montana.
What part of speech is Gros Ventre?
Gros Ventre can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of Gros Ventre?
The plural of Gros Ventre is Gros Ventres.

Words near Gros Ventre in the dictionary

  1. GROs
  2. gros bon ange
  3. gros bon anges
  4. Gros Michel
  5. Gros Michels
  6. Gros Ventre
  7. Gros Ventres
  8. Grosart
  9. grosbeak
  10. grosbeak-canaries
  11. grosbeak-canary

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