aborigine

English

Etymology

Back-formation from aborigines.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.əˈɹɪdʒ.ɪ.ni/
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Noun

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]

Translations

Usage notes

  • Should be capitalized in Australian contexts.
  • 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 inflection from 'Aborigines', not actually originally an S-addition pluralization (see Aborigine/Aborigines/Aboriginal entries in Oxford Dictionary).

References

  1. 1 2 Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], →ISBN), page 6

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

aborigine

  1. Aborigine (aboriginal Australian)

Declension

Declension of aborigine (irregular)
singular plural
nominative aborigine aboriginet
genitive aboriginen aboriginien
partitive aboriginea aborigineja
accusative aborigine
aboriginen		 aboriginet
inessive aboriginessa aborigineissa
elative aboriginesta aborigineista
illative aborigineen aborigineihin
adessive aboriginella aborigineilla
ablative aboriginelta aborigineilta
allative aboriginelle aborigineille
essive aboriginena aborigineina
translative aborigineksi aborigineiksi
instructive – aboriginein
abessive aboriginetta aborigineitta
comitative – aborigineineen

See also

Latin

Noun

aborigine

  1. ablative singular of aborigō
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