indigene

See also: indigène

English

Etymology

From Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena.

Pronunciation

• (UK) 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 April 10, Christopher Hitchens, “André Malraux: One Man's Fate”, in New York Times Book Review:

     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)
• German: Indigener (de) m, Indigene (de) f
• Italian: indigeno (it) m, indigena (it) f
• Maori: tangatawhenua, tāngatawhenua (plural), toi, iwi toi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈdi.d͡ʒe.ne/
• Rhymes: -idʒene
• Hyphenation: in‧dì‧ge‧ne

Adjective

indigene

1. feminine plural of indigeno

Noun

indigene f

1. plural of indigena

Latin

Adjective

indigene

1. vocative masculine singular of indigenus