aborigine
English
Etymology
Back-formation from aborigines.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
aborigine (countable and uncountable, plural aborigines)
Usage notes
- 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
Descendants
- →? Norwegian Bokmål: aborigin
Translations
aboriginal inhabitant of a country
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References
- 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
- “aborigine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæboridʒiːn/, [ˈæbo̞ˌridʒiːn]
Declension
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. |
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See also
Latin
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