indigene

See also indigène

English

Etymology

From Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɪndɪdʒiːn/

Adjective

indigene (comparative more indigene, superlative most indigene)

1. (obsolete) Indigenous.

Noun

indigene (plural indigenes)

1. An indigenous person; a native.
   • 2005, Christopher Hitchens, "André Malraux: One Man's Fate", New York Times Book Review, 10 Apr 2005:

     The price for all this chutzpah was that Malraux then had to take up the cause of the colonial indigenes as if it really mattered to him.

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Italian

Adjective

indigene f

1. Feminine plural form of indigeno

Noun

indigene f

1. Plural form of indigena

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Latin

Adjective

indigene

1. vocative masculine singular of indigenus