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English

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Etymology

From natif, from nativus, from natus, ‘birth’.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈneɪtɪv/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-native.ogg


Adjective

  1. belong|Belonging to one by birth.
  2. : This is my native land.
  3. : English is not my native language.
  4. : I need a volunteer native New Yorker for my next joke…
  5. characteristic|Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning.
  6. : What are now called ‘native Americans’ used to be called Indians.
  7. : The native peoples of Australia are called aborigines.
  8. Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin.
  9. : Many native artists studied abroad.
  10. In the Context of Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.
  11. : The leaf of the native North American sugar maple is the symbol of Canada.
  12. In the Context of Written specifically to run on a particular processor.
  13. : This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds.


Antonyms


Translations

  • Albanian: {{t+|sq|autokton|xs=Albanian}}
  • Chinese: 土着 (tǔzhù)
  • Dutch: , , ,
  • Italian:
  • Japanese: 自国の (じこくの, jikoku no)
  • Korean: 토산의 (tosanui)
  • Portuguese:
  • Russian: {{t+|ru|родной|tr=rodnój|sc=Cyrl}}
  • Spanish:
  • Swedish:
  • Albanian: {{t+|sq|autokton|xs=Albanian}}
  • Chinese: 本地的 (běndì de)
  • Dutch:

Noun

  1. A person who is native to a place (literal or metaphoric).
  2. * She is a regular Wiki* native.
  3. Sometimes used pejoratively against indigenous peoples by their colonizers.
  4. * Some natives must have stolen our cattle.


Translations

  • Dutch: {{t|nl|autochtoon|m}}, {{t|nl|inwoner|m}}
  • Dutch: {{t|nl|inboorling|m}},
  • Finnish:

See also


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French

Adjective

  1. {{form of|feminine|natif|lang=French}}


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Italian

Adjective

native

  1. Feminine plural form of nativo


Noun

native


Category:Italian adjective forms

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Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA: [na'ti.ve]

Adjective

native

  1. {{ro-form-adj|fp|n|nativ}}
  2. {{ro-form-adj|fp|a|nativ}}
  3. {{ro-form-adj|np|n|nativ}}
  4. {{ro-form-adj|np|a|nativ}}


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Native \Na"tive\ (n[=a]"t[i^]v), a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr.
nasci, p. p. natus. See Nation, and cf. Na["i]ve, Neif
a serf.]
1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]

Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native,
rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.
--Cudworth.
[1913 Webster]

2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the
place or the circumstances in which one is born; --
opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color,
etc.
[1913 Webster]

3. Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native
inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where
used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native
oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous
with domestic.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything;
as, native dust. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]

5. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one;
inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius,
cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc.
Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically
used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be
used for negative qualities. See also congenital
[1913 Webster +PJC]

Courage is native to you. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
[1913 Webster]

6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.]
[1913 Webster]

the head is not more native to the heart, . . .
Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

7. (Min.)
(a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as,
native silver, copper, gold.
(b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium
chloride.
[1913 Webster]

Native American party. See under American, a.

Native bear (Zool.), the koala.

Native bread (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of
Australia (Mylitta australis), somewhat resembling a
truffle, but much larger.

Native devil. (Zool.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under
Devil.

Native hen (Zool.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx
Mortierii}).

Native pheasant. (Zool.) See Leipoa.

Native rabbit (Zool.), an Australian marsupial ({Perameles
lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and form.

Native sloth (Zool.), the koala.

Native thrush (Zool.), an Australian singing bird
(Pachycephala olivacea); -- called also thickhead.

Native turkey (Zool.), the Australian bustard ({Choriotis
australis}); -- called also bebilya.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Natural; natal; original; congenital.

Usage: Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the
nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom;
native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native
country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances
of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native
talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that
which springs from the structure of the mind. Native
eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion;
natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied
or artificial.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Native \Na"tive\, n.
1. One who, or that which, is born in a place or country
referred to; a denizen by birth; an animal, a fruit, or
vegetable, produced in a certain region; as, a native of
France; the natives are restless.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

2. (Stock Breeding) Any of the live stock found in a region,
as distinguished from such as belong to pure and distinct
imported breeds. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet native
adj 1: being such by origin; "the native North American sugar
maple"; "many native artists studied abroad" [ant: foreign]
2: belonging to one by birth; "my native land"; "one's native
language" [ant: adopted]
3: being or composed of people inhabiting a region from the
beginning; "native Americans"; "the aboriginal peoples of
Australia" [syn: aboriginal] [ant: nonnative]
4: as found in nature in the elemental form; "native copper"
5: normally existing at birth; "mankind's connatural sense of
the good" [syn: connatural, inborn, inbred]
n : a person who was born in a particular place; an indigenous
person [syn: indigen, indigene]
Moby Dictionary
aboriginal , aborigine , agrarian , arcadian , artless , atavistic ,
autochthon , autochthonous , basic , best , bodily , born , bucolic ,
by birth , candid , citizen , clan , coeval , congenital , connatal ,
connate , connatural , constitutional , crude , direct , domestic ,
earliest inhabitant , endemic , ethnic , exclusive , first ,
first comer , genetic , genuine , hereditary , home , homebred ,
homegrown , homespun , honest , impure , in the blood , in the raw ,
inartificial , inborn , inbred , incarnate , indigene , indigenous ,
indwelling , inhabitant , inherent , inherited , inland , innate ,
instinctive , instinctual , internal , intestine , intrinsic , local ,
local yokel , municipal , natal , national , native to , native-born ,
natural , natural to , naturelike , organic , original , pastoral ,
physical , primal , primitive , primitive settler , pristine ,
provincial , raw , resident , run-of-mine , rural , straightforward ,
temperamental , tribal , unacquired , unadorned , unaffected ,
unartificial , unassuming , uncultivated , undesigning , undisguising ,
undissembling , undissimulating , undomesticated , unembellished ,
unfeigning , ungraded , unpretending , unpretentious , unsorted ,
unspoiled , unsullied , untouched , unvarnished , vernacular , virgin ,
virginal


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