different between prenatal vs innate

English

Etymology

pre- +? natal

Adjective

prenatal (not comparable)

1. Being or happening before birth.

Synonyms

• antenatal

Related terms

• natal
• perinatal
• postnatal

Translations

Noun

prenatal (plural prenatals)

1. A person who is expecting to give birth.
2. A dietary supplement to be taken by somebody expecting to give birth.

   She was recommended a course of zinc prenatals.

Anagrams

• parental, paternal

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From pre- +? natal.

Adjective

prenatal (masculine and feminine prenatal, neuter prenatalt, definite singular and plural prenatale, comparative prenatalare, indefinite superlative prenatalast, definite superlative prenatalaste)

1. prenatal

References

• “prenatal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French prénatal

Adjective

prenatal m or n (feminine singular prenatal?, masculine plural prenatali, feminine and neuter plural prenatale)

1. prenatal

Declension

Spanish

Adjective

prenatal (plural prenatales)

1. prenatal

   Synonym: antenatal

Related terms

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inn?tus (“inborn”), perfect active participle of inn?scor (“be born in, grow up in”), from in (“in, at on”) + n?scor (“be born”); see natal, native.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ne?t/
• Rhymes: -e?t

Adjective

innate (not comparable)

1. Inborn; existing or having existed since birth.
2. (philosophy) Originating in, or derived from, the constitution of the intellect, as opposed to acquired from experience.
3. Instinctive; coming from instinct.
   • 1848, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, Chapter 3

     As if she held the clue to something secret in his breast, of the nature of which he was hardly informed himself. As if she had an innate knowledge of one jarring and discordant string within him, and her very breath could sound it.

4. (botany) Joined by the base to the very tip of a filament.

Usage notes

• Nouns often used with "innate": knowledge, idea, immunity, etc.

Synonyms

• (existing or having existed since birth): See also Thesaurus:innate

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• a priori
• intuitive.

Verb

innate (third-person singular simple present innates, present participle innating, simple past and past participle innated)

1. (obsolete) To cause to exist; to call into being.

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• annite, ante in, nanite, tannie

Italian

Adjective

innate f pl

1. feminine plural of innato

Latin

Participle

inn?te

1. vocative masculine singular of inn?tus