aborigine
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from aborigines.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aborigine (countable and uncountable, plural aborigines)
- A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19th century.][1]
- (in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area. [First attested in the late 17th century.][1]
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Descendants edit
- →? Norwegian Bokmål: aborigin
Translations edit
aboriginal inhabitant of a country
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aborigine”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.
Further reading edit
- “aborigine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English aborigine.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aborigine (rare)
- Aborigine (aboriginal Australian)
Declension edit
Inflection of aborigine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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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 aborigineinrare | ||
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. |
See also edit
Latin edit
Adjective edit
aborigine