aborigine

See also: Aborigine, aborígine, and ab origine

English

Etymology

Back-formation from aborigines.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæb.əˈɹɪdʒ.ɪ.ni/

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Noun

aborigine (countable and uncountable, plural aborigines)

1. A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19^th century.]
2. (in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]

Translations

aboriginal inhabitant of a country

• Arabic: سَاكِن أَصْلِيّ (sākin ʔaṣliyy)
• Bulgarian: абориге́н (bg) m (aborigén), тузе́мец (bg) m (tuzémec)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原住民 (zh) (yuánzhùmín), 土著 (zh) (tǔzhù)

• Czech: domorodec (cs) m
• Danish: aboriginer (da) c
• Finnish: alkuasukas (fi)
• French: aborigène (fr) m or f
• Georgian: მკვიდრი (mḳvidri), ადგილობრივი (adgilobrivi), აბორიგენი (aborigeni)
• German: Aborigine (de) m, Urbewohner m
• Greek: ιθαγενής (el) (ithagenís)
• Hungarian: bennszülött (hu)
• Icelandic: frumbyggi (is) m
• Irish: bundúchasach m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: aborigeno (it)
• Japanese: アボリジニ (aborijini), 原住民 (げんじゅうみん, genjūmin)
• Korean: 원주민 (ko) (wonjumin), 토착민 (ko) (tochangmin)
• Manx: bun-cummaltagh m, bun-dooghyssagh m
• Mongolian: абориген (aborigen), уугуул хүн (uuguul xün)
• Polish: aborygen (pl) m, autochton (pl) m, krajowiec m, tubylec (pl) m
• Portuguese: aborígene (pt) m or f, nativo (pt) m, indígena (pt) m or f
• Russian: абориге́н (ru) m (aborigén) (usually of Australian aborigines only), тузе́мец (ru) m (tuzémec), коренно́й жи́тель (ru) m (korennój žítelʹ), автохто́н (ru) m (avtoxtón) (rare, scientific)
• Spanish: aborigen (es) m or f, indígena (es) m or f
• Tok Pisin: kanaka
• Turkish: asıl yerli
• Ukrainian: абориге́н (uk) m (aboryhén)
• Welsh: brodor m, cynfrodor m

Usage notes

• Should be capitalized in Australian contexts.
• Fowler's 3rd edition considers this singular to be "etymologically indefensible" notwithstanding its having become the established form in Australia since 1829. This is in reference to its inflection from 'Aborigines', not actually originally an S-addition pluralization (see Aborigine/Aborigines/Aboriginal entries in Oxford Dictionary).

Anagrams

• baignoire

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Finnish

Noun

aborigine

1. Aborigine (aboriginal Australian)

Declension

Declension of aborigine (irregular) singular plural nominative aborigine aboriginet genitive aboriginen aboriginien partitive aboriginea aborigineja accusative aborigine aboriginen aboriginet inessive aboriginessa aborigineissa elative aboriginesta aborigineista illative aborigineen aborigineihin adessive aboriginella aborigineilla ablative aboriginelta aborigineilta allative aboriginelle aborigineille essive aboriginena aborigineina translative aborigineksi aborigineiksi abessive aboriginetta aborigineitta instructive – aboriginein comitative – aborigineineen

See also

• alkuasukas

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Latin

Noun

(deprecated template usage) aborigine

1. ablative singular of aborigō