autochtone

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autochtone

1. inflection of autochtoon:
   1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
   2. definite neuter singular attributive
   3. plural attributive

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτόχθων (autókhthōn).

• IPA^(key): /o.tɔk.tɔn/, /ɔ.tɔk.tɔn/

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autochtone (plural autochtones)

1. (rare) from the earth, ground, soil
2. (of a person, race, language, or the like) autochthonous, native, indigenous, aboriginal
3. (by extension, relational) of indigenous peoples, or land occupied by them
4. natural, native, innate (to a person)

autochtone m or f by sense (plural autochtones)

1. a local, a native, an autochthon

• allochtone

• “autochtone”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.