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Aborigine en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/ (US)
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• /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/ (US)

Etymology

Back-formation from Aborigines.

Meanings

1. (dated, offensive) An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.
   • Aborigines not to be counted in reckoning population. 1900, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Section 127 side notes, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Australia”, in Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Actᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ, page 21:

Forms

Hypernyms

Australoid · Indigenous Australian

Synonyms

Aboriginal · Aboriginal Australian · Aboriginal people

Translations (23)

nn aborigin (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · de Aborigine (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · ja アボリジニ (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · nb aboriginer (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · sh Aboridžin (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · ru абориге́н (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · pt aborígine (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · cmn 澳洲原住民 (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · fi aborigine (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · ko 오스트레일리아 원주민 (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · cmn 原住民 (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · tr Aborjin (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · nb aborigin (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · sv aboriginer (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · sv aborigin (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · el Αβορίγινας (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · ru абориге́нка (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · ro aborigen (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · ko 호주 원주민 (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · da aboriginer (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · sh Абориџин (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · eo aborigeno (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian) · fr Aborigène (Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian)