autochtone
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autochtone
- inflection of autochtoon:
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτόχθων (autókhthōn).
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Adjective edit
autochtone (plural autochtones)
- (rare) from the earth, ground, soil
- (of a person, race, language, or the like) autochthonous, native, indigenous, aboriginal
- (by extension, relational) of indigenous peoples, or land occupied by them
- natural, native, innate (to a person)
Noun edit
autochtone m or f by sense (plural autochtones)
- a local, a native, an autochthon
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Further reading edit
- “autochtone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.