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natal

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See also: Natal and nätäl'

English

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Etymology 1

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

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    natal

    1. Of or relating to birth.
      Sea turtles return to their natal beaches to nest.
      • 1987, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, page 456:
        The constituents of the nation are a land and a people: the "natal", which is not necessarily innate, and the "popular," which is not necessarily pregiven.
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    Etymology 2

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    From Latin natis (rump), plural nates.

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    natal (comparative more natal, superlative most natal)

    1. Of or relating to the buttocks.
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    Catalan

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin nātālis. Doublet of Nadal.

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      natal m or f (masculine and feminine plural natals)

      1. natal

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      French

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from Latin nātālis. Doublet of Noël.

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        natal (feminine natale, masculine plural natals or nataux, feminine plural natales)

        1. native
          ville natale — home town

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        Indonesian

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        Etymology 1

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          From Portuguese natal, from Latin nātālis.

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          natal (comparative lebih natal, superlative paling natal)

          1. natal (of or relating to birth)

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          natal (uncountable)

          1. (obsolete) birth (process of childbearing; beginning of life)
            Synonym: kelahiran

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          Proper noun

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          natal

          1. alternative letter-case form of Natal
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          Norwegian Nynorsk

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          From Latin natalis.

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

          1. pertaining to birth

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          Occitan

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          Etymology

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          From Inherited from Latin nātālis. Doublet of Nadal.

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          natal m (feminine singular natala, masculine plural natals, feminine plural natalas)

          1. natal
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          Portuguese

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          Etymology

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            Learned borrowing from Latin nātālis. Doublet of Natal.

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            natal m or f (plural natais)

            1. natal (of or relating to birth)
              Synonym: natalício
            2. native (relating to the place where one was born)

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            Romanian

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            Etymology

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            Borrowed from French natal.

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

            1. natal

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            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

            Spanish

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            Etymology

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

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            natal m or f (masculine and feminine plural natales)

            1. natal
            2. native
              país natalnative country
            3. home

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