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indigene

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˈɪndɪdʒiːn/

1

adj

Meaning 1

Indigenous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An indigenous person; a native.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: native, indigen, aborigine, aboriginal

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

Narrower terms: Levantine, Mauritian, Filipino, Russian, Seychellois

History

Etymology

From Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena.

Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: туземец (tuzemec) — a native
  • German: Indigener — a native
  • German: Indigene — a native
  • German: Eingeborener — a native
  • Italian: indigeno — a native
  • Italian: indigena — a native
  • Macedonian: староседелец (starosedelec) — a native
  • Māori: tangatawhenua — a native
  • Māori: tāngatawhenua — a native
  • Māori: toi — a native
  • Māori: iwi toi — a native
  • Polish: tubylec — a native
  • Polish: tubylczyni — a native
  • Polish: autochton — a native
  • Polish: autochtonka — a native
  • Polish: aborygen — a native
  • Polish: aborygenka — a native