sioux
التعريفات والمعاني
== Finnish ==
=== Etymology ===
From French Sioux.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈsio.uks/, [ˈs̠io̞.uks̠] (Finnicized, based on spelling)
IPA(key): /ˈsuː/, [ˈs̠uː] (according to English pronunciation with yod-dropping, less frequently used than the Finnicized pronunciation)
Rhymes: -iouks (pronunciation 1)
Syllabification(key): (pronunciation 1) si‧oux, (pronunciation 2) sioux
Hyphenation(key): (pronunciation 1) si‧oux, (pronunciation 2) sioux
=== Noun ===
sioux
Sioux (person)
Sioux (language)
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“sioux”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /sju/
=== Noun ===
sioux m (uncountable)
Sioux (language)
=== Adjective ===
sioux (invariable)
(relational) Sioux
clever, crafty, artful, cunning
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“sioux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
== Iu Mien ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ɲcʰi̯ouH. Cognate with White Hmong ncho and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] sut.
=== Noun ===
sioux
smoke
== Spanish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
siux
=== Etymology ===
Unadapted borrowing from English Sioux, from Canadian French Nadouessioux, from Ottawa [Term?]/Ojibwe [Term?]. See English Sioux.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈsju/ [ˈsju]
Rhymes: -u
=== Adjective ===
sioux (invariable)
Sioux
=== Noun ===
sioux m or f by sense (plural siouxes)
Sioux
=== Noun ===
sioux m (uncountable)
Sioux (language)
=== Usage notes ===
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
=== Further reading ===
“sioux”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025