Home › Words › I › indigeneindigene/ˈɪndɪdʒiːn/indigene means indigenous.indigene is pronounced /ˈɪndɪdʒiːn/.EtymologyFrom Middle French indigène, from Latin indigena.adjIndigenous.nounAn indigenous person; a native.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.indigenity 81% match vs indigene →indigenal 80% match — indigenous vs indigene →indigena 79% match — A native, local, indigenous inhabitant, aboriginal. vs indigene →nonindigene 76% match — One who is not an indigene; somebody not indigenous to an area. vs indigene →indigenous 75% match — Native to a land, especially before colonization. vs indigene →indigogen 70% match — indigo white vs indigene →aborigine 70% match — An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian. vs indigene →indigenousness 68% match — The quality or state of being indigenous vs indigene →