aborigen

• (US) IPA^(key): /æbˈɔɹ.ə.d͡ʒən/^[1]

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aborigen (plural aborigens)

1. Alternative form of aborigin [Attested from the early 17th century until the mid 19th century.]^[2]

• Borinage, Goberian

From Spanish aborigen (“aborigine”).

• IPA^(key): /aboɾiɡen/ [a.β̞o.ɾi.ɣ̞ẽn]
• Rhymes: -iɡen
• Hyphenation: a‧bo‧ri‧gen

aborigen (not comparable)

1. aboriginal

aborigen anim

1. aborigine

   Synonym: indigena

• “aborigen”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “aborigen”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

From Latin aborīginēs.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βuˈɾi.ʒən]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.buˈɾi.ʒən]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.boˈɾi.d͡ʒen]

aborigen m or f (masculine and feminine plural aborígens)

1. aboriginal, indigenous

   Synonyms: indígena, autòcton

aborigen m or f by sense (plural aborígens)

1. aborigine

• aborigen australià

• “aborigen” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “aborigen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “aborigen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aborigen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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aborigen

1. aboriginal

• Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Borrowed from French aborigène.

aborigen m (plural aborigeni, feminine equivalent aborigenă)

1. aboriginal person, indigenous person, native (person)

Borrowed from Latin aborigines, a plural form maybe derived from ab- (“from”) + origo (“origin, beginning”).

• IPA^(key): /aboˈɾixen/ [a.β̞oˈɾi.xẽn]

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• Rhymes: -ixen
• Syllabification: a‧bo‧ri‧gen

aborigen m or f (masculine and feminine plural aborígenes)

1. aboriginal, indigenous, native

aborigen m or f by sense (plural aborígenes)

1. aborigine

• “aborigen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• gobierna

aborigen

1. Latin spelling of абориген (aborigen)