see|Aboriginal
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/æb��rɪd��n(�)l/
SAMPA|/{b@'rIdZ@n(@)l/
audio|en-uk-aboriginal.ogg|Audio (UK)

Etymology
Mid-17th century. Derivative of aborigines

Adjective
en-adj

1. First; original; indigenous; primitive; native; as, the aboriginal tribes of America.

#* Mantled o'er with aboriginal turf. - Wordsworth.

1. Of or pertaining to aborigines; as, a Hindoo of aboriginal blood.

Translations
trans-top|first; original; indigenous; primitive
French: indigène
German: eingeboren/indigene
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Portuguese: aborígene
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trans-top|of or pertaining to aborigines
French: indigène
German: eingeboren/indigene
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Portuguese: aborígene
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ttbc|Vietnamese: th� dân, th� sản, �ặc sản, ban sơ, nguyên thuỷ, c� sơ
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Noun
en-noun

1. An original inhabitant of any land; one of the aborigines.
2. An animal or a plant native to the region.

#: It may well be doubted whether this frog is an aboriginal of these islands. - Darwin.

Usage notes
Given that -al is an adjective suffix (and that Aboriginal was originally an adjective, Aborigines being the original noun), the usage of 'aboriginal' as a noun was for a time considered incorrect.

Translations

Crimean Tatar: aborigen#Crimean Tatar|aborigen
Bulgarian: ��земе� m (1), або�иген m (3)
Dutch: inboorling m (1), inboorlinge f (1)
Finnish: alkuasukas (1), kotoperäinen (2), aboriginaali (3)
French: indigène m|f (1,2)
German: Eingeborener m (1)
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Hungarian: bennszülött
Interlingua: aborigine
Italian: aborigeno
Portuguese: aborígine
Spanish: aborigen

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