adj · name · noun · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
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Canada, General-American:/ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
Canada, General-American:/ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.nəl/
Australian:/ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
CMU ARPABET:AE2 B ER0 IH1 JH AH0 N AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 2
Living in a land before colonization by foreigners.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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adj
Meaning 4
Of or pertaining to Australian Aboriginal peoples, or their languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 5
Alternative letter-case form of aboriginal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, not-comparable
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name
Meaning 6
Any of the native languages spoken by Australian aborigines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
An animal or plant native to a region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 8
Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 9
An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia or other land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: potentially offensive
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noun
Meaning 10
Alternative letter-case form of aboriginal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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adjective
Meaning 11
characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
native Americans
the aboriginal peoples of Australia
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Synonyms: native
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adjective
Meaning 12
of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an Aboriginal rite
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adjective satellite
Meaning 13
having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
aboriginal forests
primal eras before the appearance of life on earth
the forest primeval
primordial matter
primordial forms of life
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Synonyms: primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial
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noun
Meaning 14
an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the art of the natives of the northwest coast
the Canadian government scrapped plans to tax the grants to aboriginal college students