native

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Antonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also 2 French 2.1 Adjective 3 Italian 3.1 Adjective 3.2 Noun 4 Romanian 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French natif, from Latin nativus, from natus, ‘birth’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈneɪtɪv/
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native (comparative more native, superlative most native)

1. 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…

2. Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning.

   What are now called ‘native Americans’ used to be called Indians.

   The native peoples of Australia are called aborigines.

   1. (chiefly North American, also Native) Of or relating to North American Indians or Aboriginal people.
3. Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin.

   Many native artists studied abroad.

4. (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.

5. (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.

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• foreign

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• go native

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[edit] Noun

native (plural natives)

1. A person who is native to a place (literal or metaphoric).
   • She is a regular Wiki* native.
   1. (chiefly North American, also Native) A North American Indian or Aboriginal person.
2. Sometimes used pejoratively against indigenous peoples by their colonizers.
   • Some natives must have stolen our cattle.

[edit] Usage notes

(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.

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[edit] See also

• native cat
• nativity
• nativization

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[edit] French

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native f.

1. Feminine of natif.

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[edit] Adjective

native

1. Feminine plural form of nativo

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native f.

1. Plural form of nativa.

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[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [na'ti.ve]

[edit] Adjective

native

1. feminine plural nominative form of nativ.
2. feminine plural accusative form of nativ.
3. neuter plural nominative form of nativ.
4. neuter plural accusative form of nativ.