indigene

See also: indigène

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French indigène, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin indigena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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.

Translations

a native

• Bulgarian: туземец (bg) m (tuzemec)
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• Maori: tangatawhenua, tāngatawhenua (plural), toi, iwi toi

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Italian

Adjective

indigene

1. feminine plural of indigeno

Noun

indigene f

1. plural of indigena

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) indigene

1. vocative masculine singular of indigenus