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English

Alternative forms

• naturall (obsolete)
• nat'ral (AAVE)

Etymology

From Middle English natural, borrowed from Old French natural, naturel, from Latin n?t?r?lis, from n?tus, the perfect participle of n?scor (“be born”, verb).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: n?ch??r-?l, n?ch?r?l IPA^(key): /?næt????l/, /?næt???l/
• (General American) enPR: n?ch??r-?l, n?ch?r?l, IPA^(key): /?næt????l/, /-??l/, /?næt???l/
• Rhymes: -æt????l, -æt???l
• Hyphenation: nat?u?ral, natu?ral

Adjective

natural (comparative more natural, superlative most natural)

1. That exists and evolved within the confines of an ecosystem.

2. Of or relating to nature.

3. Without artificial additives.

4. As expected; reasonable.
5. (music) Neither sharp nor flat. Denoted ?.

6. (music) Produced by natural organs, such as those of the human throat, in distinction from instrumental music.
7. (music) Applied to an air or modulation of harmony which moves by easy and smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key.# (mathematics) Having 1 as the base of the system, of a function or number.
8. Without, or prior to, modification or adjustment.
   1. (dice games) The result of a dice roll before bonuses or penalties are added to or subtracted from the result.
9. Having the character or sentiments properly belonging to one's position; not unnatural in feelings.
10. (obsolete) Connected by the ties of consanguinity.
11. Related genetically but not legally to one's father; born out of wedlock, illegitimate.
    • 1990, Roy Porter, English Society in the 18th Century, Penguin 1991, p. 264:

      Dr Erasmus Darwin set up his two illegitimate daughters as the governesses of a school, noting that natural children often had happier (because less pretentious) upbringings than legitimate.

12. (of sexual intercourse) Without a condom.

13. (bridge) Bidding in an intuitive way that reflects one's actual hand.

Synonyms

• (exists in an ecosystem): see Thesaurus:innate or Thesaurus:native
• (as expected): inevitable, necessary, reasonable; See also Thesaurus:inevitable
• (without adjustment): see Thesaurus:raw
• (connected by consanguinity): see Thesaurus:consanguine
• (born out of wedlock): see Thesaurus:illegitimate
• (without a condom): see Thesaurus:condomless

Antonyms

• (exists in an ecosystem): aberrant, abnormal, artificial
• (as expected): see Thesaurus:strange
• (without additives): processed
• (bridge): conventional

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

natural (plural naturals)

1. (now rare) A native inhabitant of a place, country etc. [from 16th c.]
   • 1615, Ralph Hamor, A True Discourse of the Present State of Virginia, Richmond 1957, page 3:

     I coniecture and assure my selfe that yee cannot be ignorant by what meanes this peace hath bin thus happily both for our proceedings and the welfare of the Naturals concluded [...].

2. (music) A note that is not or is no longer to be modified by an accidental. [from 17th c.]
3. (music) The symbol ? used to indicate such a natural note.
4. One with an innate talent at or for something. [from 18th c.]

5. An almost white colour, with tints of grey, yellow or brown; originally that of natural fabric. [from 20th c.]

6. (archaic) One with a simple mind; a fool or idiot.
   • 1633, A Banqvet of Jests: or, Change of Cheare. Being a collection, of Moderne Ie?ts. Witty Ieeres. Plea?ant Taunts. Merry Tales. The Second Part newly publi?hed, page 30:

     A Noble-man tooke a great liking to a naturall, and had covenanted with his parents to take him from them and to keepe him for his plea?ure, and demanding of the Ideot if he would ?erve him, he made him this an?were, My Father ?aith he, got me to be his foole of my mother, now if you long to have a foole; go & without doubt you may get one of your owne wife.

7. (colloquial, chiefly Britain) One's natural life.
   • 1929, Frederic Manning, The Middle Parts of Fortune, Vintage 2014, page 155:

     ‘Sergeant-Major Robinson came in in the middle of it, and you've never seen a man look more surprised in your natural.’

8. (US, colloquial) A hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated.
   • 2002, Maxine Leeds Craig, Ain't I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race, Oxford University Press ?ISBN

     Chinosole, who stopped straightening her hair and cut it into a natural while at a predominantly white college, was quite uneasy with the style

   • 2012, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Chicken Soup for the African American Soul: Celebrating and Sharing Our Culture One Story at a Time, Simon and Schuster ?ISBN

     I wanted to do it for so long — throw out my chemically relaxed hair for a natural.

   • 2015, Carmen M. Cusack, HAIR AND JUSTICE: Sociolegal Significance of Hair in Criminal Justice, Constitutional Law, and Public Policy, Charles C Thomas Publisher ?ISBN, page 155

     Third, it insinuates that black afro hairstyles (e.g., naturals) relate to African cultural heritage, which is largely untrue.

9. (algebra) Closed under submodules, direct sums, and injective hulls.

Translations

Adverb

natural (comparative more natural, superlative most natural)

1. (colloquial, dialect) Naturally; in a natural manner.

See also

• Appendix:Colors

References

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

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin naturalis, attested from the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /n?.tu??al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /na.tu??al/

Adjective

natural (masculine and feminine plural naturals)

1. natural

Derived terms

• gas natural
• naturalesa
• naturalisme
• naturalitzar
• naturalment
• nombre natural
• selecció natural

Related terms

• naturalitat

Noun

natural m or f (plural naturals)

1. native, natural (person who is native to a place)

   Synonym: nadiu

Noun

natural m (plural naturals)

1. nature (innate characteristics of a person)

Related terms

• natura

References

Further reading

• “natural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “natural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “natural” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin naturalis.

Pronunciation

Adjective

natural m or f (plural naturais)

1. natural

Derived terms

• naturalmente

Noun

natural m or f (plural naturais)

1. native, natural

Synonyms

• nativo

Noun 2

natural m (plural naturais)

1. nature (innate characteristics of a person)

Related terms

• natureza

Further reading

• “natural” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• naturel, naturalle, naturelle, naturell, naturall, naturill

Etymology

From Old French natural, from Latin n?t?r?lis; equivalent to nature +? -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na??tiu?ral/, /na??tiu?r?l/, /na?tiu?ral/, /na?tiu?r?l/

Adjective

natural

1. intrinsic, fundamental, basic; relating to natural law.
2. natural (preexisting; present or due to nature):
   1. usual, regular (i.e. as found in nature)
   2. well; in good heath or condition.
   3. inherited; due to one's lineage.
   4. inborn; due to one's natural reasoning (rather than a deity's intervention)
3. Nourishing; healthful or beneficial to one's body.
4. Misbegotten; conceived outside of marriage
5. Correct, right, fitting.
6. Diligent in performing one's societal obligations.
7. (rare) Endemic, indigenous.
8. (rare) Bodily; relating to one's human form.

Related terms

• supernatural

Descendants

• English: natural
• Scots: naitural

References

• “n?t?r?l, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-14.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?t?r?lis.

Adjective

natural m (oblique and nominative feminine singular naturale)

1. natural

Related terms

• nature
• naistre

Descendants

• ? Middle English: natural
  • English: natural
  • Scots: naitural
• French: naturel
  • ? Breton: naturel

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naty?ral/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

natural

1. natural

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese natural, borrowed from Latin n?t?r?lis.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /n?.tu.??a?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /na.tu.??aw/, [n??.t??.??ä??]
• Hyphenation: na?tu?ral

Adjective

natural m or f (plural naturais, comparable)

1. natural
2. native of, from

   Synonyms: originário, oriundo

3. room-temperature (of liquids)

Antonyms

• (room-temperature): fresco

Related terms

• natura
• naturalidade
• naturalismo
• naturalístico
• naturalizar
• naturalmente
• natureza
• naturismo

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?t?r?lis, French naturel, Italian naturale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.tu?ral/

Adjective

natural m or n (feminine singular natural?, masculine plural naturali, feminine and neuter plural naturale)

1. natural

Further reading

• natural in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?t?r?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /natu??al/, [na.t?u??al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: na?tu?ral

Adjective

natural (plural naturales)

1. natural (of or relating to nature)
2. natural, plain (without artificial additives)

3. natural (as expected; reasonable)

   Synonym: normal

4. (of a day) being a calendar day
5. (music) natural (neither sharp nor flat)
6. (of a child) illegitimate (born to unmarried parents)

   Synonym: ilegítimo

   Antonym: legítimo

7. (of a drink) room-temperature (neither heated nor chilled)

Derived terms

Related terms

• natura (“nature”)
• naturaleza (“nature”)
• naturalidad (“naturalness”)

Further reading

• “natural” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish natural (“natural”).

Adjective

naturál

1. natural

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nstinctus, past participle of ?nstingu? (“to incite, to instigate”), from in (“in, on”) + stingu? (“to prick”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.st??kt/

Noun

instinct (countable and uncountable, plural instincts)

1. A natural or inherent impulse or behaviour.

   Many animals fear fire by instinct.
2. An intuitive reaction not based on rational conscious thought.

   an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct

   Debbie's instinct was to distrust John.

Derived terms

• instinctively
• instinctive

Translations

Adjective

instinct (comparative more instinct, superlative most instinct)

1. (archaic) Imbued, charged (with something).
   • 1838, Henry Brougham, Historical Sketches of Statesmen Who Flourished in the Time of George III

     a noble performance, instinct with sound principle

   • 1857, Charlotte Brontë, The Professor

     Her eyes, whose colour I had not at first known, so dim were they with repressed tears, so shadowed with ceaseless dejection, now, lit by a ray of the sunshine that cheered her heart, revealed irids of bright hazel – irids large and full, screened with long lashes; and pupils instinct with fire.

   • 1928, HP Lovecraft, ‘The Call of Cthulhu’:

     This thing, which seemed instinct with a fearsome and unnatural malignancy, was of a somewhat bloated corpulence, and squatted evilly on a rectangular block or pedestal covered with undecipherable characters.

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French instinct, from Latin ?nstinctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?st??(k)t/
• Hyphenation: in?stinct
• Rhymes: -??kt

Noun

instinct n (plural instincten)

1. instinct (innate response, impulse or behaviour)

Derived terms

• instinctief
• instinctmatig
• moederinstinct
• vaderinstinct

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?nstinctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.t??/

Noun

instinct m (plural instincts)

1. instinct
2. gut feeling

Related terms

• instinctif

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French instinct

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in?stinkt/

Noun

instinct n (plural instincte)

1. instinct

Declension

Related terms

• instinctiv