aborígene
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese aborigenes, borrowed from Latin aborīginēs.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.boˈɾi.ʒe.ni/, /a.boˈɾi.ʒi.ni/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.boˈɾi.ʒe.ne/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.buˈɾi.ʒɨ.nɨ/ [ɐ.βuˈɾi.ʒɨ.nɨ]
- Hyphenation: a‧bo‧rí‧ge‧ne
Noun
aborígene m or f by sense (plural aborígenes)
- aborigine (original inhabitant of a region)
- (specifically) Aboriginal (original inhabitant of Australia)
Descendants
- → Hunsrik: Aborischënë
Adjective
aborígene m or f (plural aborígenes)
- aboriginal (relating to the natives of a region)
- Aboriginal (relating to Australian Aboriginals)
Further reading
- “aborígine”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “aborígene”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “aborígene”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “aborígene”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025