different between prenatal vs natal

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

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.

Related terms

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

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