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 1.3.4 External links 2 Esperanto 2.1 Adverb 3 Italian 3.1 Noun 3.2 Adjective

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin natura (“‘birth, origin, natural constitution or quality’”), future participle from perfect passive participle natus (born), from deponent verb nasci (“‘to be born, originate’”) + future participle suffix -urus.

[edit] Pronunciation

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

  Rhymes: -eɪtʃə(r)

• Hyphenation: na‧ture

[edit] Noun

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
3. The summary of everything that has to do with biological and geographical states and events on earth
4. The environment, the outdoors

[edit] Derived terms

Look at pages starting with nature.

[edit] Related terms

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

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[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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[edit] Adverb

nature

1. naturally

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

nature f.

1. Plural form of natura.

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nature inv.

1. natural