natal

See also: Natal and nätäl'

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneɪtəl/
• Rhymes: -eɪtəl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin nātālis (“natal”), from nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”), from gnāscor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Adjective

natal

1. Of or relating to birth.

Related terms

► English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-‎ (0 c, 85 e)

Translations

Of or relating to birth

• Bulgarian: родилен (rodilen)
• Finnish: syntymä-
• Portuguese: natal (pt)

• Romanian: natal (ro), de naștere

Etymology 2

From Latin natis (“rump”), plural nates.

Adjective

natal (comparative more natal, superlative most natal)

1. Of or relating to the buttocks.

Related terms

• nates
• natiform

Translations

Of or relating to the buttocks

• Bulgarian: седалищен (sedališten)
• Esperanto: puga

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• alant

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin natalis. Doublet of Nadal.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /nəˈtal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /naˈtal/

Adjective

natal (masculine and feminine plural natals)

1. natal

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātālis. Doublet of Noël.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.tal/

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Adjective

natal (feminine singular natale, masculine plural nataux, feminine plural natales)

1. native

   ville natale — home town

Further reading

• “natal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Portuguese natal, from Latin natalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnat̪al]
• Hyphenation: na‧tal

Noun

natal (plural natal-natal, first-person possessive natalku, second-person possessive natalmu, third-person possessive natalnya)

1. birth.

Alternative forms

• Natal (“Christmas”)

Affixed terms

• natalan

 

Related terms

• natalitas

 

Further reading

• “natal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin natalis.

Adjective

natal (masculine and feminine natal, neuter natalt, definite singular and plural natale, comparative natalare, indefinite superlative natalast, definite superlative natalaste)

1. pertaining to birth

References

• “natal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin natalis. Doublet of Nadal.

Adjective

natal m or f (plural natais, comparable)

1. natal (of or relating to birth)

   Synonym: natalício

2. native (relating to the place where one was born)

Derived terms

• terra natal
• país natal

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Romanian

Etymology

From French natal

Adjective

natal m or n (feminine singular natală, masculine plural natali, feminine and neuter plural natale)

1. natal

Declension

Declension of natal

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	natal		natală	natali	natale
	definite	natalul		natala	natalii	natalele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	natal		natale	natali	natale
	definite	natalului		natalei	natalilor	natalelor

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātālis (“natal”). Compare also the doublet nadal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈtal/, [naˈt̪al]

Adjective

natal (plural natales)

1. natal
2. native

   país natal ― native country

3. home

Related terms

• antenatal
• nacer (see for more related terms)
• nativo
• nato (see for more related terms)
• perinatal
• postnatal
• prenatal