"aboriginal" meaning in English

See aboriginal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.n̩.l̩/ [US], /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪn.l̩/ [US] Audio: En-uk-aboriginal.ogg Forms: more aboriginal [comparative], most aboriginal [superlative]
Etymology: See Aboriginal. Head templates: {{en-adj}} aboriginal (comparative more aboriginal, superlative most aboriginal)
  1. First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive. Translations (original; indigenous): коренен (korenen) (Bulgarian), местен (mesten) (Bulgarian), туземен (tuzemen) (Bulgarian), aborigen (Catalan), 土著 (tǔzhù, tǔzhuó) (Chinese Mandarin), inheems (Dutch), inheemse (Dutch), alkuperäinen (Finnish), indigène (French), aborigène (French), indíxena [feminine, masculine] (Galician), eingeboren (German), einheimisch (German), ιθαγενής (ithagenís) (Greek), pribumi (Indonesian), bundúchasach (Irish), aborigeno (Italian), 土着の (dochaku no) (alt: どちゃくの) (Japanese), ആദിവാസി (ādivāsi) (english: human tribes or groups) (Malayalam), bun-chummallagh (Manx), bun-dooghyssagh (Manx), aborygeński (Polish), aborígene (Portuguese), тузе́мный (tuzémnyj) (Russian), коренно́й (korennój) (Russian), ме́стный (méstnyj) (Russian), автохто́нный (avtoxtónnyj) [literary] (Russian), абориге́нный (aborigénnyj) (Russian), देशज (deśaja) (Sanskrit), autohtono (Serbo-Croatian), aborigen (Spanish), indígena (Spanish), абориге́нський (aboryhénsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), тубі́льний (tubílʹnyj) (Ukrainian), автохто́нний (avtoxtónnyj) (Ukrainian), тузе́мський (tuzémsʹkyj) (Ukrainian), thổ dân (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-aboriginal-en-adj-0o3Z5XXW Synonyms (indigenous to a place): ancient, autochthonous, earliest, endemic, first, indigenous, native, original, primeval, primitive, primordial Disambiguation of 'indigenous to a place': 93 0 7 Disambiguation of 'original; indigenous': 97 0 3
  2. Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans. Translations (living in a land before colonization): autochtoon (Dutch), alkuperäinen (Finnish), ιθαγενής (ithagenís) (Greek), starosjedilački (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-aboriginal-en-adj-sLyf5e8V Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malayalam translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Sanskrit translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 57 8 3 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 66 5 3 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 29 53 8 2 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 65 6 2 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 18 52 14 3 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 20 46 15 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 61 8 4 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 51 13 3 13 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 61 9 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 19 51 13 3 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 18 56 11 4 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 27 51 8 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 20 41 18 4 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 23 49 13 3 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 44 16 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 62 8 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 17 62 8 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 17 62 8 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 45 12 5 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 18 47 16 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 53 12 3 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 41 18 2 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 62 8 3 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Sanskrit translations: 19 52 13 3 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 22 45 15 3 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 68 6 2 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 47 16 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 23 43 16 3 16 Disambiguation of 'living in a land before colonization': 8 90 2
  3. Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Aboriginal
    Sense id: en-aboriginal-en-adj-g0aH51lc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: aboriginality, aboriginally, aboriginalness, nonaboriginal Related terms: aborigine

Noun

IPA: /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.n̩.l̩/ [US], /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪn.l̩/ [US] Audio: En-uk-aboriginal.ogg Forms: aboriginals [plural]
Etymology: See Aboriginal. Head templates: {{en-noun}} aboriginal (plural aboriginals)
  1. An animal or plant native to a region. Translations (animal or plant native to a region): inheems (Dutch), alkuperäislaji (Finnish), ιθαγενής (ithagenís) (Greek), आदिवासी (ādivāsī) [masculine] (Hindi), aborígene [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), aborígine [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-aboriginal-en-noun-GK4EStZF Disambiguation of 'animal or plant native to a region': 97 3
  2. Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal Tags: alt-of Alternative form of: Aboriginal
    Sense id: en-aboriginal-en-noun-g0aH51lc

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Tashtego's long, lean, sable hair, his high cheek bones, and black rounding eyes— […] all this sufficiently proclaimed him an inheritor of the unvitiated blood of those proud warrior hunters, who, in quest of the great New England moose, had scoured, bow in hand, the aboriginal forests of the main.",
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