Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [ab-uh-rij-uh-nee]
- /ˌæb əˈrɪdʒ ə ni/
- /ˌæb.əˈrɪdʒ.ən.i/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [ab-uh-rij-uh-nee]
- /ˌæb əˈrɪdʒ ə ni/
Definitions of aborigines word
- noun aborigines one of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region. 1
- noun aborigines (initial capital letter). Also, Aboriginal. Also called Australian Aborigine. a member of the people who were the earliest inhabitants of Australia. 1
- noun aborigines aborigines, the original, native fauna or flora of a region. 1
- noun aborigines Plural form of aborigine. 1
- noun aborigines plural of aborigine. 0
- noun aborigines The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman. 0
Information block about the term
Origin of aborigines
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; by back formation from aborigines < Latin Aborīginēs the pre-Roman inhabitants of Italy, probably alteration of an earlier ethnonym by association with ab origine
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Aborigines
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
aborigines popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 85% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
aborigines usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for aborigines
noun aborigines
- aboriginals — Plural form of aboriginal.
Top questions with aborigines
- what is aborigines?
- who are the aborigines?
- what are aborigines?
- why do australians hate aborigines?
- what happened to the aborigines in tasmania?
- by approximately what year was australia settled by aborigines?
- how long have the aborigines lived in australia?
- what is a aborigines?
- what happened to the tasmanian aborigines?
- what does aborigines mean?
- who are the aborigines in australia?
- what do aborigines call themselves?
- where do aborigines come from?
- why do aborigines have blonde hair?
- where do australian aborigines live?
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with a
- Words starting with ab
- Words starting with abo
- Words starting with abor
- Words starting with abori
- Words starting with aborig
- Words starting with aborigi
- Words starting with aborigin
- Words starting with aborigine
- Words starting with aborigines