aborigine
/ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/
aborigine noun: a native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
Noun (1)
aborigine (countable and uncountable, plural aborigines)
Noun (2) capitalized: Aborigine
US/ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/
Aborigine (plural Aborigines)
- 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
- Synonyms:
- Aboriginal, Aboriginal people, Aboriginal Australian
aborigine meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
aborigine in Hindi
- ऑस्ट्रेलिया का मूल निवासी, ऑस्ट्रेलियाई आदिवासी, वनवासी, मूल निवासी
aborigine in Urdu
- دیسی باشندہ, پراچین
aborigine in Malayalam
- ആദിമവാസി, ആദിമമായ, പ്രഥമമായ, പ്രാകൃതമായ, പുരാതനമായ, ആദിവാസികൾ
aborigine in Kannada
- ಆದಿವಾಸಿ, ಬುಡಕಟ್ಟು ಜನ, ಮೂಲನಿವಾಸಿ
More languagesFewer languages
- aborigine in Arabic
- سَاكِن أَصْلِيّ sākin ʔaṣliyy
- aborigine in Malay
- orang asli
- aborigine in Indonesian
- aborigin
Examples of aborigine in a sentence
- Under the protection of the aborigines, Hsieh Chen left Peinan Township and then fled to Chulu mountain.
- Australian aborigines symbolically depict totems on stones called churinga or on wood used as bullroars.
- It is similar to the aborigine ceremony in Australia of singing someone to death.
Synonyms of aborigine
- Aboriginal
- Aboriginal people
- Aboriginal Australian
Forms of aborigine
| plural | aborigines |
|---|---|
| plural | Aborigines |
Origin of aborigine
Back-formation from aborigines.
Back-formation from Aborigines.
Words formed from aborigine
Questions about aborigine
- What does aborigine mean?
- Aborigine means a native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
- What is aborigine in Hindi?
- Aborigine in Hindi is ऑस्ट्रेलिया का मूल निवासी, ऑस्ट्रेलियाई आदिवासी, वनवासी. See Aborigine meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aborigine?
- Aborigine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce aborigine?
- Aborigine is pronounced /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/ (US).
- What is the plural of aborigine?
- The plural of aborigine is aborigines.
Words near aborigine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aborigine (page history and authors); Aborigine (page history and authors); Aborigine (Hindi Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aborigine (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aborigine (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aborigine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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