English

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Etymology

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Back-formation from aborigines.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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aborigine (countable and uncountable, plural aborigines)

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

Usage notes

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  • 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

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Descendants

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  • ? Norwegian Bokmål: aborigin

Translations

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References

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  1. 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

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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English aborigine.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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aborigine (rare)

  1. Aborigine (aboriginal Australian)

Declension

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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

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Latin

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Adjective

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aborigine

  1. vocative masculine singular of aboriginus