different between natal vs nature

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ne?t?l/
• Rhymes: -e?t?l

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin n?t?lis (“natal”), from n?tus, perfect active participle of n?scor (“I am born”), from gn?scor, from Proto-Indo-European *?enh?-.

Adjective

natal

1. Of or relating to birth.

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Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin natis (“rump”), plural nates.

Adjective

natal (comparative more natal, superlative most natal)

1. Of or relating to the buttocks.

Related terms

• nates
• natiform

Translations

Further reading

• natal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• natal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• alant

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin natalis. Doublet of Nadal.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /n??tal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /na?tal/

Adjective

natal (masculine and feminine plural natals)

1. natal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?t?lis. Doublet of Noël.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.tal/

Adjective

natal (feminine singular natale, masculine plural nataux, feminine plural natales)

1. native

   ville natale — home town

Further reading

• “natal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Portuguese natal, from Latin natalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nat?al]
• Hyphenation: na?tal

Noun

natal (plural natal-natal, first-person possessive natalku, second-person possessive natalmu, third-person possessive natalnya)

1. birth.

Alternative forms

• Natal (“Christmas”)

Affixed terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “natal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin natalis.

Adjective

natal (masculine and feminine natal, neuter natalt, definite singular and plural natale, comparative natalare, indefinite superlative natalast, definite superlative natalaste)

1. pertaining to birth

References

• “natal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin natalis. Doublet of Nadal.

Adjective

natal m or f (plural natais, comparable)

1. natal (of or relating to birth)

   Synonym: natalício

2. native (relating to the place where one was born)

Derived terms

• terra natal
• país natal

Romanian

Etymology

From French natal

Adjective

natal m or n (feminine singular natal?, masculine plural natali, feminine and neuter plural natale)

1. natal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?t?lis (“natal”). Compare also the doublet nadal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na?tal/, [na?t?al]

Adjective

natal (plural natales)

1. natal
2. native

3. home

Related terms

English

Alternative forms

• natuer (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English nature, natur, from Old French nature, from Latin n?t?ra (“birth, origin, natural constitution or quality”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (“born”), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“to be born, originate”) + future participle suffix -urus. Displaced native Middle English cunde, icunde (“nature, property, type, genus, character”) (from Old English ?ecynd), Middle English lund (“nature, disposition”) (from Old Norse lund), Middle English burthe (“nature, birth, nation”) (from Old English ?ebyrd and Old Norse *byrðr). More at kind.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?ne?t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ne?t??/
• (Northern England) IPA^(key): /?n??t??/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?næ??t??/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?næet??/, [?næet??~?n?et??]
• Rhymes: -e?t??(?)
• Hyphenation: na?ture

Noun

nature (countable and uncountable, plural natures)

1. (uncountable) The natural world; that which consists of all things unaffected by or predating human technology, production, and design. (Compare ecosystem.)
   • 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying

     Nature has good intentions, of course, but, as Aristotle once said, she cannot carry them out. When I look at a landscape I cannot help seeing all its defects.

2. The innate characteristics of a thing. What something will tend by its own constitution, to be or do. Distinct from what might be expected or intended.
   • 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond, Ch.1:

     Being by nature of a cheerful disposition, the symptom did not surprise his servant, late private of the same famous regiment, who was laying breakfast in an adjoining room.

   • 1869, Horatio Alger, Jr., Mark the Match Boy, chapter 16:

     Mark hardly knew whether to believe this or not. He already began to suspect that Roswell was something of a humbug, and though it was not in his nature to form a causeless dislike, he certainly did not feel disposed to like Roswell.

3. The summary of everything that has to do with biological, chemical and physical states and events in the physical universe.
4. Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.
5. Kind, sort; character; quality.

   • A dispute of this nature caused mischief.

   • Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers, of errand not wholly obvious to their fellows, yet of such sort as to call into query alike the nature of their errand and their own relations.

6. (obsolete) Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.
7. (obsolete) Natural affection or reverence.

Synonyms

• (innate characteristics of a thing): quintessence, whatness; See also Thesaurus:essence

Derived terms

Pages starting with “nature”.

Related terms

Translations

Verb

nature (third-person singular simple present natures, present participle naturing, simple past and past participle natured)

1. (obsolete) To endow with natural qualities.

References

• nature at OneLook Dictionary Search
• nature in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• "nature" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 219.
• nature in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• nature in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• aunter, natuer, tea urn, tea-urn, unrate

Esperanto

Adverb

nature

1. naturally

French

Etymology

From Old French nature, borrowed from Latin n?t?ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.ty?/

Noun

nature f (plural natures)

1. nature
2. (grammar) lexical category

Derived terms

Adjective

nature (plural natures)

1. plain, unseasoned

   Une brioche nature ou sucrée ?

   File-moi un yaourt nature s’il te plait.

2. bareback, raw dog

   Une fellation nature.

Further reading

• “nature” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

nature f

1. plural of natura

Adjective

nature (invariable)

1. natural

Anagrams

• neutra

Latin

Participle

n?t?re

1. vocative masculine singular of n?t?rus

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French nature, from Latin n?t?ra.

Noun

nature f

1. nature, force of nature
2. laws of nature, natural order
3. nature, innate characteristics
4. kind, sort
5. origin
6. sexual fertility, sex drive

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: natuur
• Limburgish: netuur, netuuer

Further reading

• “nature”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “nature”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• natur, natour, nateure, nater

Etymology

From Old French nature, from Latin n?t?ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na??tiu?r/

Noun

nature (plural natures)

1. The Universe, existence, creation
2. nature, the natural world
3. natural abilities
4. natural inevitability, nature (as opposed to nurture)
5. natural morals, natural law
6. natural needs or requirements
7. nature, state, condition
8. species, kind, type
9. Nature (allegory)

Related terms

• natural

Descendants

• English: nature
• Scots: natur, naitur, naeter, nature
• Yola: naatur

References

• “n?t?r(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-02.

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French nature, borrowed from Latin n?t?ra.

Noun

nature f (plural natures)

1. nature

Descendants

• French: nature

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?t?ra.

Noun

nature f (oblique plural natures, nominative singular nature, nominative plural natures)

1. nature (natural world; nonhuman world)
2. nature (character; qualities)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: nature
  • English: nature
• Middle French: nature
  • French: nature
• ? Welsh: natur