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aboriginal

ab·o·ri·gin·al/ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/adjective, noun

aboriginal is spelled A-B-O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L: 10 letters and 5 syllables (ab·o·ri·gin·al). It appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, aboriginal means “First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in aboriginal?

Letters10: A-B-O-R-I-G-I-N-A-L
Syllables5: ab·o·ri·gin·al
In writing6.0 times per million words; the 9,878th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is aboriginal?

Aboriginal appears 6.0 times per million words in written English, the 9,878th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce aboriginal?

  • UK /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
  • US /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.nəl/
  • US /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.nəl/

Aboriginal has 5 syllables, split ab·o·ri·gin·al in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-aboriginal.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with aboriginal?

One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as aboriginal from its last stressed vowel (/ɪdʒɪnəl/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of aboriginal

  • more aboriginal comparative
  • most aboriginal superlative
  • aboriginals plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does aboriginal mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

adjective

  1. 1

    First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.

  2. 2

    Living in a land before colonization by foreigners.

  3. 3

    Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal

noun

  1. 1

    An animal or plant native to a region.

  2. 2

    Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal

adjective

as Aboriginal
  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to Australian Aboriginal peoples, or their languages.

  2. 2

    Alternative letter-case form of aboriginal.

noun

as Aboriginal
  1. 1

    An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia or other land.

  2. 2

    Alternative letter-case form of aboriginal.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Aboriginal in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchindigène, aborigène (original; indigenous)
Germaneingeboren, einheimisch (original; indigenous), indigene, einheimische (of or pertaining to Australian Aboriginals), Eingeborener, Eingeborene (original inhabitant of any land)
Portugueseaborígene (original; indigenous), aborígine (animal or plant native to a region)
Spanishaborigen (original; indigenous), aboriginal (original inhabitant of Australia)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does aboriginal come from?

See Aboriginal.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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