Aborigine

English

Etymology

Back-formation from Aborigines.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Aborigine (plural Aborigines)

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonization), Aboriginal Australian.

Usage notes

This term is considered highly offensive to Aboriginal Australians.

Synonyms

  • Aboriginal
  • Aboriginal people
  • Aboriginal Australian (neutral term)

Hypernyms

Translations

Anagrams

German

Etymology

English Aborigine

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

Aborigine m (strong, genitive Aborigine or Aborigines, plural Aborigines, feminine Aborigine)

  1. Aborigine, Aboriginal Australian (male or of unspecified gender)
    Synonyms: (historic term, now racist) Australneger; australischer Ureinwohner, Ureinwohner Australiens

Declension

Hyponyms

  • Aboriginemann, Aborigine-Mann
  • Aboriginefrau, Aborigine-Frau

Derived terms

  • Aborigine-Eltern
  • Aborigine-Englisch
  • Aborigine-Junge
  • Aborigine-Kunst
  • Aborigine-Künstler
  • Aborigine-Künstlerin (could also be: Aborigine-Künstler +-in)
  • Aborigine-Kunstwerk
  • Aborigine-Leben
  • Aborigine-Literatur
  • Aborigine-Mädchen
  • Aboriginefamilie, Aborigine-Familie
  • Aboriginefrau, Aborigine-Frau
  • Aboriginekind, Aborigine-Kind
  • Aboriginemann, Aborigine-Mann
  • Aboriginename
  • Aboriginevolk, Aborigine-Volk
  • Halbblut-Aborigine
  • Vollblut-Aborigine

Noun

Aborigine f (genitive Aborigine, plural Aborigines, masculine Aborigine)

  1. Aborigine, Aboriginal Australian (female)
    Synonyms: Aboriginefrau, Aborigine-Frau; (historic term, now racist) Australnegerin; australische Ureinwohnerin, Ureinwohnerin Australiens

Declension

Derived terms

  • Halbblut-Aborigine
  • Vollblut-Aborigine

Further reading

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