natch

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /næt͡ʃ/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -ætʃ

Etymology 1

Clipping of naturally.

Adverb

natch (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Naturally; of course.

   The Queen was seen wearing a hat when she visited Ascot, natch.

   • 1960 May 16, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 146:

     [Bug:] You can parry and thrust wittily at a press conference?
     [Dog:] Natch.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:natch.

Translations

naturally

• Bulgarian: разбира се (razbira se)
• Czech: samo sebou, jasně (cs), jasan (cs), sámo
• French: ben ouais (fr)
• German: na klar
• Russian: есте́ственно (ru) (jestéstvenno), (informal) само́ собо́й (ru) (samó sobój), (colloquial, slang) я́сен пень (ru) (jásen penʹ)
• Spanish: naturalmente (es), por supuesto (es)

Etymology 2

From Old French nache, Late Latin natica, from Latin natis (“the rump, buttocks”). Compare aitchbone.

Noun

natch (plural natches)

1. The rump of beef, especially the lower and back part of the rump.

Derived terms

• natch-bone

 

Etymology 3

Noun

natch (plural natches)

1. (dialect) A notch.

Anagrams

• Chant, chant