aborigine

See also: Aborigine, aborígine, and ab origine

English

Etymology

Back-formation from aborigines.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/

• Audio (US):

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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.]

Usage notes

• Usually capitalized in Australian contexts, Aborigine. Today considered offensive; more appropriate terms would be "Aboriginal person" or "Indigenous Australian".
• 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 derivation from aborigines, which was not actually formed as aborigine + -s but is the historically original word.

Derived terms

• Aboriginal
• nonaborigine

 

Descendants

• →? Norwegian Bokmål: aborigin

Translations

aboriginal inhabitant of a country

• Arabic: سَاكِن أَصْلِيّ (sākin ʔaṣliyy)
• Bulgarian: абориге́н (bg) m (aborigén), тузе́мец (bg) m (tuzémec)
• Catalan: aborigen m or f
• 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, autochtone (fr) m or f
• Georgian: მკვიდრი (mḳvidri), ადგილობრივი (adgilobrivi), აბორიგენი (ka) (aborigeni)
• German: Aborigine (de) m, Urbewohner m
• Greek: ιθαγενής (el) (ithagenís)
• Hungarian: bennszülött (hu)
• Icelandic: frumbyggi (is) m
• Indonesian: aborigin
• Irish: bundúchasach m
• Italian: aborigeno (it)
• Japanese: アボリジニ (ja) (aborijini), 原住民 (ja) (げんじゅうみん, genjūmin)
• Korean: 원주민 (ko) (wonjumin), 토착민 (ko) (tochangmin)
• Macedonian: домородец m (domorodec)
• Malay: orang asli
• Manx: bun-cummaltagh m, bun-dooghyssagh m
• Mongolian: абориген (aborigen), уугуул хүн (uuguul xün)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: aborigin (no) m, aboriginer m

• Polish: aborygen (pl) m, autochton (pl) m, krajowiec (pl) 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

Further reading

• “aborigine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

• baignoire

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English aborigine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæboridʒiːn/, [ˈæbo̞ˌridʒiːn]

Noun

aborigine (rare)

1. Aborigine (aboriginal Australian)

Declension

Inflection of aborigine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative		aborigine	aboriginet
genitive		aboriginen	aboriginejen
partitive		aboriginea	aborigineja
illative		aborigineen	aborigineihin
		singular	plural
nominative		aborigine	aboriginet
accusative	nom.	aborigine	aboriginet
	gen.	aboriginen
genitive		aboriginen	aboriginejen aboriginein rare
partitive		aboriginea	aborigineja
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		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of aborigine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative aborigineni aborigineni accusative nom. aborigineni aborigineni gen. aborigineni genitive aborigineni aboriginejeni aborigineini rare partitive aborigineani aboriginejani inessive aboriginessani aborigineissani elative aboriginestani aborigineistani illative aborigineeni aborigineihini adessive aboriginellani aborigineillani ablative aborigineltani aborigineiltani allative aboriginelleni aborigineilleni essive aboriginenani aborigineinani translative aboriginekseni aborigineikseni abessive aboriginettani aborigineittani instructive — — comitative — aborigineineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative aboriginesi aboriginesi accusative nom. aboriginesi aboriginesi gen. aboriginesi genitive aboriginesi aboriginejesi aborigineisi rare partitive aborigineasi aboriginejasi inessive aboriginessasi aborigineissasi elative aboriginestasi aborigineistasi illative aborigineesi aborigineihisi adessive aboriginellasi aborigineillasi ablative aborigineltasi aborigineiltasi allative aboriginellesi aborigineillesi essive aboriginenasi aborigineinasi translative aborigineksesi aborigineiksesi abessive aboriginettasi aborigineittasi instructive — — comitative — aborigineinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative aboriginemme aboriginemme accusative nom. aboriginemme aboriginemme gen. aboriginemme genitive aboriginemme aboriginejemme aborigineimme rare partitive aborigineamme aboriginejamme inessive aboriginessamme aborigineissamme elative aboriginestamme aborigineistamme illative aborigineemme aborigineihimme adessive aboriginellamme aborigineillamme ablative aborigineltamme aborigineiltamme allative aboriginellemme aborigineillemme essive aboriginenamme aborigineinamme translative aborigineksemme aborigineiksemme abessive aboriginettamme aborigineittamme instructive — — comitative — aborigineinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative aboriginenne aboriginenne accusative nom. aboriginenne aboriginenne gen. aboriginenne genitive aboriginenne aboriginejenne aborigineinne rare partitive aborigineanne aboriginejanne inessive aboriginessanne aborigineissanne elative aboriginestanne aborigineistanne illative aborigineenne aborigineihinne adessive aboriginellanne aborigineillanne ablative aborigineltanne aborigineiltanne allative aboriginellenne aborigineillenne essive aboriginenanne aborigineinanne translative aborigineksenne aborigineiksenne abessive aboriginettanne aborigineittanne instructive — — comitative — aborigineinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative aboriginensa aboriginensa accusative nom. aboriginensa aboriginensa gen. aboriginensa genitive aboriginensa aboriginejensa aborigineinsa rare partitive aborigineaan aborigineansa aboriginejaan aboriginejansa inessive aboriginessaan aboriginessansa aborigineissaan aborigineissansa elative aboriginestaan aboriginestansa aborigineistaan aborigineistansa illative aborigineensa aborigineihinsa adessive aboriginellaan aboriginellansa aborigineillaan aborigineillansa ablative aborigineltaan aborigineltansa aborigineiltaan aborigineiltansa allative aboriginelleen aboriginellensa aborigineilleen aborigineillensa essive aboriginenaan aboriginenansa aborigineinaan aborigineinansa translative aboriginekseen aborigineksensa aborigineikseen aborigineiksensa abessive aboriginettaan aboriginettansa aborigineittaan aborigineittansa instructive — — comitative — aborigineineen aborigineinensa

See also

• alkuasukas

Latin

Adjective

aborigine

1. vocative masculine singular of aboriginus