indigene

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See also: indigène

English

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Etymology

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From Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena.

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Adjective

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indigene (comparative more indigene, superlative most indigene)

  1. (obsolete) Indigenous.

Noun

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indigene (plural indigenes)

  1. An indigenous person; a native.
    • 2005 April 10, Christopher Hitchens, “André Malraux: One Man's Fate”, in New York Times Book Review:
      The price for all this chutzpah was that Malraux then had to take up the cause of the colonial indigenes as if it really mattered to him.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /inˈdi.d͡ʒe.ne/
  • Rhymes: -idʒene
  • Hyphenation: in‧dì‧ge‧ne

Adjective

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indigene

  1. feminine plural of indigeno

Noun

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indigene f

  1. plural of indigena

Latin

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Adjective

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indigene

  1. vocative masculine singular of indigenus