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English
Etymology
From Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena.
Pronunciation
Adjective
indigene (comparative more indigene, superlative most indigene)
- (obsolete) Indigenous.
Noun
indigene (plural indigenes)
- 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.
Translations
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈdi.d͡ʒe.ne/
- Rhymes: -idʒene
- Hyphenation: in‧dì‧ge‧ne
Adjective
indigene
- feminine plural of indigeno
Noun
indigene f
- plural of indigena
Latin
Adjective
indigene
- vocative masculine singular of indigenus