different between aboriginate vs aborigine

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?