native
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French natif, from Latin nativus, from natus, ‘birth’.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
native (comparative more native, superlative most native)
- Belonging to one by birth.
- This is my native land.
- English is not my native language.
- I need a volunteer native New Yorker for my next joke…
- Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
- What are now called ‘Native Americans’ used to be called Indians.
- The native peoples of Australia are called aborigines.
- (chiefly North America, also Native) Of or relating to North American Indians or Aboriginal people.
- Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin.
- Many native artists studied abroad.
- (biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.
- The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.
- (computing, of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
- This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds.
- The native integer size is sixteen bits.
- (mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.
Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
Terms derived from native (adjective)
Translations [edit]
belonging to one by birth
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characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
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characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
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biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality
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computing: written specifically to run on a particular processor
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Noun [edit]
native (plural natives)
- A person who is native to a place (literal or metaphoric).
- She is a regular Wiki* native.
- (chiefly North America, also Native) A North American Indian or Aboriginal person.
- Sometimes used pejoratively against indigenous peoples by their colonizers.
- Some natives must have stolen our cattle.
Usage notes [edit]
(North American) Native was adopted as an ethnonym when Indian dropped out of favour in formal use, due to its association with Christopher Columbus mistaking North America for India. More precise names are American Indian, Native American, or Native Canadian.
In Canada, specific terms for Aboriginal peoples are preferable in formal writing: First Nations (adj.), Inuit, and Metis. Indian is also used in some contexts, but not appropriate in others.
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
person who is native to a place
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used pejoratively against indigenous peoples
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See also [edit]
Statistics [edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: possession · move · foreign · #956: native · members · fortune · glass
French [edit]
Adjective [edit]
native
- feminine form of natif
Anagrams [edit]
Italian [edit]
Adjective [edit]
native
- Feminine plural form of nativo
Noun [edit]
native f
- Plural form of nativa
Anagrams [edit]
Latin [edit]
Adjective [edit]
nātīve
- vocative masculine singular of nātīvus
Romanian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [naˈti.ve]
Adjective [edit]
native
- feminine pluralnominative form of nativ
- feminine pluralaccusative form of nativ
- neuter pluralnominative form of nativ
- neuter pluralaccusative form of nativ
