aborigine
English
Etymology
Back-formation from aborigines.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.əˈɹɪdʒ.ɪ.ni/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
aborigine (countable and uncountable, plural aborigines)
Translations
aboriginal inhabitant of a country
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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
- “aborigine” in Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief; William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, 2002, →ISBN, page 6.
Finnish
Declension
Declension of aborigine (irregular)
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Latin
Noun
aborigine
- ablative singular of aborigō
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