nature

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 External links 2 Esperanto 2.1 Adverb 3 French 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derived terms 3.2 Adjective 4 Italian 4.1 Noun 4.2 Adjective

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From Middle English natur, nature from Old French nature from Latin natura (“‘birth, origin, natural constitution or quality’”), future participle from perfect passive participle (g)natus (born), from deponent verb (g)nasci (“‘to be born, originate’”) + future participle suffix -urus. Replaced native Middle English cunde, icunde "nature, property, type, genus, character" (from Old English ġecynd), Middle English lund "nature, disposition" (from Old Norse lund), Middle English burthe "nature, birth, nation" (from Old English ġebyrd and Old Norse *byrðr).

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• (RP) IPA: /ˈneɪtʃə/, SAMPA: /"neItS@/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈneɪtʃɚ/, SAMPA: /"neItS@`/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -eɪtʃə(r)

• Hyphenation: na‧ture

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nature (plural natures)

1. The essential characteristics

   Albert Camus' book Le Mythe de Sisyphe is of a philosophical nature.

2. A wild primitive state of being (e.g. the environment or the outdoors; foods; herbs), especially in its essential form, untainted by human or synthetic chemical influence.
3. The summary of everything that has to do with biological, chemical and physical states and events in the physical universe

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• antenatal
• innate
• nascent
• natal
• nation
• national
• nationality
• native
• nativity
• nativization
• nativism
• natural
• naturism
• naturalism
• perinatal
• prenatal

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to nature (third-person singular simple present natures, present participle naturing, simple past and past participle natured)

1. (obsolete) To endow with natural qualities.

[edit] External links

• nature in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• nature in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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nature

1. naturally

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nature f. (plural natures)

1. nature

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• nature morte

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nature m. (invariable)

1. plain, unseasoned

   Brioche nature ou au sucre?

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nature f.

1. Plural form of natura.

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nature inv.

1. natural