TERMIUM Plus^®

Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Coming from, of, or having to do with the Northwest Territories or its people.  3, record 1, English, - of%20the%20People%20of%20the%20North

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

In English, the noun and the adjective have the same spelling, though the adjective never takes the form of the plural.  1, record 1, English, - of%20the%20People%20of%20the%20North

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

People of the North: A name given by the Ministry of Information of the Northwest Territories (Yellowknife), the translation of the Eskimo word NUNATSIARNUIT.  2, record 1, English, - of%20the%20People%20of%20the%20North

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS

Northwester: Having to do with a native of or resident of the Northwest Territories, the early administrative districts which became Saskatchewan and Alberta in 1905.  4, record 1, English, - of%20the%20People%20of%20the%20North

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 OBS

Nor'Wester: A shortened version of "North-Wester" (several variants); historically, having to do with a North West Company (NWC) agent, wintering partner, employee or servant; a trader or "engagé" who winters in the hinterland; or a veteran of these experiences. The noun can also be used adjectively to refer to the NWC and its employees. "Nor'Wester" may have to do with a native or resident of the Northwest Territories, usually non-Indian, but in the literature of the fur trade the term is usually associated with the NWC and its members.  5, record 1, English, - of%20the%20People%20of%20the%20North

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 5 OBS

Territorian: [A term linked to the name of the] resident of the Northern Territory, Australia.  6, record 1, English, - of%20the%20People%20of%20the%20North

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Qui provient des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, les concerne ou leur est propre, ou l'est à ses habitants.  2, record 1, French, - t%C3%A9nois

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Formes plurielles : ténois, ténoises; territoriens, territoriennes. Dans un nom de peuple, ne pas confondre le substantif, nom de personne, qui demande la majuscule initiale, et l'adjectif, un qualifiant, qui appelle la minuscule.  3, record 1, French, - t%C3%A9nois

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

Ténois(e) : De «T.N.-(O.)» + «Ois(e)» = T.N.-Ois(e), énoncé et écrit «Ténois, Ténoise(s); ténois, ténoise(s)».  3, record 1, French, - t%C3%A9nois

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 OBS

L'adjectif «territorien(s), territorienne(s)» [du gentilé historique] a déjà désigné ce qui est propre à l'habitant des Territoires du Nord-Ouest, surtout au cours de la période précédant 1905, année de la création des provinces de la Saskatchewan et d'Alberta. Le terme n'est plus en usage ayant été remplacé par la forme correspondante des gentilés plus appropriés aux noms des nouvelles administrations. Ne pas confondre avec l'adjectif «territorial», de portée plus juridique : le Conseil territorial.  3, record 1, French, - t%C3%A9nois

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish