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Yucatec

Pronunciation: /ˈjuːkətɛk/

Definition of Yucatec

noun (plural same or Yucatecs)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of the Yucatán peninsula in SE Mexico.
  • informal a native or inhabitant of the peninsula or the state of Yucatán.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Mayan language of the Yucatec people, with about 500,000 speakers.

adjective

  • relating to the Yucatec or their language.

Derivatives

Yucatecan

adjective

Origin:

from Spanish yucateco

Yucatec in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of Yucatec in the US English dictionary