different between seminal vs native
seminal
English
Etymology
From Middle English seminal, semynal, from Old French seminal, seminale, from Latin s?min?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?m?n?l/
- Rhymes: -?m?n?l
Adjective
seminal (comparative more seminal, superlative most seminal)
- Of or relating to seed or semen.
- Creative or having the power to originate.
- Highly influential, especially in some original way, and providing a basis for future development or research.
- Synonyms: influential, pioneering
- 1827, Julius Hare and Augustus William Hare, Guesses at Truth
- The idea of God is, beyond all question or comparison, the one great seminal principle.
Synonyms
- (relating to seed): germinal
- (creative): innovative, primary
- (highly influential): influential, innovative, formative
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
seminal (plural seminals)
- (obsolete) A seed.
Anagrams
- Elamins, Malines, Melians, isleman, menials, salmine
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin s?min?lis.
Adjective
seminal (masculine and feminine plural seminals)
- seminal
Derived terms
- vesícula seminal
Further reading
- “seminal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “seminal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “seminal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “seminal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin s?min?lis.
Adjective
seminal m or f (plural seminais, comparable)
- (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
- (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
- seminal; creative; inventive
- Synonyms: criativo, inventivo, fértil
- seminal (highly influential)
Related terms
- sêmen
- semente
Further reading
- “seminal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French séminal, from Latin seminalis.
Adjective
seminal m or n (feminine singular seminal?, masculine plural seminali, feminine and neuter plural seminale)
- seminal
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin s?min?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /semi?nal/, [se.mi?nal]
- Rhymes: -al
Adjective
seminal (plural seminales)
- (botany) seminal (relating to seeds)
- (anatomy) seminal (relating to semen)
- seminal; creative; inventive
- seminal (highly influential)
Derived terms
Related terms
- semen
- semilla
Further reading
- “seminal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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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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