aboriginal

aborigène australien

Relatif aux peuples qui vivaient en Australie avant l’arrivée des Européens, ou à leurs cultures.

En anglais simple : Relating to the peoples who lived in Australia before Europeans arrived, or to their cultures.

• The museum displays Aboriginal art.
• Several Aboriginal languages are taught at the school.
• She works with Aboriginal communities in northern Australia.

Synonymes : Indigenous Australian

Expressions courantes : aboriginal art, aboriginal communities, aboriginal languages

autochtone, indigène

Qui habite un lieu depuis les premiers temps connus, avant l’arrivée de populations venues d’ailleurs.

En anglais simple : Living in a place from its earliest known times, before later arrivals from elsewhere.

• The book describes the region’s aboriginal inhabitants.
• Later settlers displaced many aboriginal communities.
• The island’s aboriginal species faced threats from introduced animals.

Synonymes : indigenous, native

Expressions courantes : aboriginal inhabitants, aboriginal peoples, aboriginal species

Aborigène d’Australie

Membre d’un des peuples qui vivaient en Australie avant l’arrivée des Européens.

En anglais simple : A member of one of the peoples who lived in Australia before Europeans arrived.

• The old census classified him as an Aboriginal.
• Several Aboriginals were mentioned in the historical account.
• The document described her grandmother as an Australian Aboriginal.

Synonymes : Aboriginal person, Indigenous Australian

Expressions courantes : an aboriginal, australian aboriginal