different between aborigin vs aborigine

English

Alternative forms

• aborigen

Noun

aborigin (plural aborigins)

1. (obsolete) Aborigine. [Attested from the early 17^th century until the mid 19^th century.]

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• aboriginer

Etymology

Most likely from English aborigine, from Aborigines, from Latin Abor?gin?s, from both ab- (“from, away from, off”), from ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“off, away”) + and from or?gine, ablative singular of or?g? (“beginning, origin, source”), from both orior (“to originate, be born”), from Proto-Italic *orj?r, from Proto-Indo-European *h?er- (“to stir, rise”) + and from -?g? (suffix forming deverbal nouns).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ab?r???i?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n
• Hyphenation: ab?or?ig?in

Noun

aborigin m (definite singular aboriginen, indefinite plural aboriginer, definite plural aboriginene)

1. an Aborigine (aboriginal inhabitant of Australia and surrounding islands in Oceania)

   Synonym: urinnbygger

Synonyms

• australneger (“Aborigine”) (obsolete, may be perceived as derogatory)

Related terms

• aboriginsk (“Aboriginal”)
• aboriginal (“Aboriginal”)

References

• “aborigin” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “aborigin” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “aborigin” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin Abor?gin?s

Noun

aborigin m (definite singular aboriginen, indefinite plural aboriginar, definite plural aboriginane)

1. an Aborigine (aboriginal inhabitant of Australia)

References

• “aborigin” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

aborigin c

1. an Aborigine (an aboriginal inhabitant of Australia)

Declension

English

Etymology

Back-formation from aborigines.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?æb.????d?.?.ni/

Noun

aborigine (countable and uncountable, plural aborigines)

1. A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people. [First attested in the early 19^th century.]
2. (in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]

Translations

Usage notes

• Usually capitalized in Australian contexts, Aborigine. Today considered offensive; more appropriate terms would be "Aboriginal person" or "indigenous Australian".
• 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).

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: aborigin

Further reading

• “aborigine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

References

Anagrams

• baignoire

Finnish

Noun

aborigine

1. Aborigine (aboriginal Australian)

Declension

See also

• alkuasukas

Latin

Noun

aborigine

1. ablative singular of aborig?