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, Christopher Hitchens, "André Malraux: One Man's Fate", New York Times Book Review, 10 Apr 2005:
      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

Italian

Adjective

indigene

  1. feminine plural of indigeno

Noun

indigene f

  1. plural of indigena

Latin

Adjective

indigene

  1. vocative masculine singular of indigenus
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