Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

Ute


Ute

noun \ˈyüt\
plural Ute or Utes

Definition of UTE

1
: a member of an American Indian people originally ranging through Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
2
: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Ute people

Origin of UTE

short for earlier Utah, Utaw, from American Spanish Yuta
First Known Use: 1776

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: utensil
Previous Word in the Dictionary: ut dict
All Words Near: Ute

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up Ute? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).