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native
English
Etymology
From Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin n?t?vus, from n?tus (“birth”). Doublet of naive.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ne?t?v/
- (US)
- (General American, weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?ne?t?v/
- IPA(key): /?ne?t?v/
- Rhymes: -e?t?v
- Hyphenation: na?tive
Adjective
native (comparative more native, superlative most native)
- Belonging to one by birth.
- Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
- Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).
- Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
- (biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
- (computing, of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
- (mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.
- Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
- Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
- Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
Synonyms
- (belonging to one by birth): inborn, innate; See also Thesaurus:innate
- (born or grown in the region in which it is found): aboriginal, autochthonous, indigenous; See also Thesaurus:native
Antonyms
- (born or grown in the region in which it is found): foreign, fremd; See also Thesaurus:foreign
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
native (plural natives)
- A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
- (in particular) A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Alternative letter-case form of Native (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).
- 2009, Alex M. Cameron, Power without Law: The Supreme Court of Canada, the Marshall Decisions and the Failure of Judicial Activism, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP (?ISBN):
- Dr John Reid, a historian called to testify for Mr Marshall, distinguished between the fur trade at the truckhouses and a smaller scale trade between natives and settlers: "It seems that there were native persons who were selling small amounts […] "
- 2013, James Ciment, Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It, Hill and Wang (?ISBN), page 72:
- As for the wars between natives and settlers, far from having “ceased,” they would continue well into the twentieth century, and over much the same things that had always sparked them—trade, land, and settler arrogance.
- 2009, Alex M. Cameron, Power without Law: The Supreme Court of Canada, the Marshall Decisions and the Failure of Judicial Activism, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP (?ISBN):
- A native speaker.
- Ostrea edulis, a kind of oyster.
Usage notes
- In North America, native/Native came into use as an umbrella term for the indigenous inhabitants of America as Indian began to fall out of formal usage (because it originated from Columbus's mistaken belief that he was in India and the people he encountered were Indians). Other designations include Native American, Native Canadian, and American Indian. In Canada, the terms include Inuit and Metis and the adjectives First Nation/First Nations.
Synonyms
- homeling (uncommon, obsolete)
Derived terms
- the natives are restless
Translations
See also
- native cat
- nativity
- nativization
References
- native at OneLook Dictionary Search
- native in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "native" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 215.
- native in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na.tiv/
- Homophone: natives
Adjective
native
- feminine singular of natif
Anagrams
- enviât, vanité, veinât, venait
Italian
Adjective
native
- feminine plural of nativo
Noun
native f pl
- plural of nativa
Anagrams
- aventi, avinte, evinta, venati
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /na??ti?.u?e/, [nä??t?i?u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /na?ti.ve/, [n??t?i?v?]
Adjective
n?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of n?t?vus
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [na?ti.ve]
Adjective
native
- feminine/neuter plural nominative/accusative of nativ
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nature
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)
- (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.
- 1891, Oscar Wilde, The Decay of Lying
- 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.
- 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, Bulldog Drummond, Ch.1:
- The summary of everything that has to do with biological, chemical and physical states and events in the physical universe.
- Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished from that which is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.
- 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.
- (obsolete) Physical constitution or existence; the vital powers; the natural life.
- (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)
- (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
- naturally
French
Etymology
From Old French nature, borrowed from Latin n?t?ra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /na.ty?/
Noun
nature f (plural natures)
- nature
- (grammar) lexical category
Derived terms
Adjective
nature (plural natures)
- plain, unseasoned
- Une brioche nature ou sucrée ?
- File-moi un yaourt nature s’il te plait.
- 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
- plural of natura
Adjective
nature (invariable)
- natural
Anagrams
- neutra
Latin
Participle
n?t?re
- vocative masculine singular of n?t?rus
Middle Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French nature, from Latin n?t?ra.
Noun
nature f
- nature, force of nature
- laws of nature, natural order
- nature, innate characteristics
- kind, sort
- origin
- 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)
- The Universe, existence, creation
- nature, the natural world
- natural abilities
- natural inevitability, nature (as opposed to nurture)
- natural morals, natural law
- natural needs or requirements
- nature, state, condition
- species, kind, type
- 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)
- 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)
- nature (natural world; nonhuman world)
- nature (character; qualities)
Descendants
- ? Middle English: nature
- English: nature
- Middle French: nature
- French: nature
- ? Welsh: natur
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