native

See also: Native

English

Etymology

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Borrowed from Old French natif, from Latin nativus, from natus (“birth”). Doublet of naive.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈneɪtɪv/
• (US)
  • (General American, weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈneɪtəv/
  • IPA^(key): /ˈneɪtɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv
• Hyphenation: na‧tive

Adjective

native (comparative more native, superlative most native)

1. Belonging to one by birth.

   This is my native land.

   English is not my native language.

   I need a volunteer native New Yorker for my next joke…

2. Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.

   What are now called ‘Native Americans’ used to be called Indians.

   The native peoples of Australia are called aborigines.

3. Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).
4. Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.

   a native inhabitant

   native oysters or strawberries

   Many native artists studied abroad.

5. (biology, of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by man.

   The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.

6. (computing, of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.

   This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds.

   The native integer size is sixteen bits.

7. (mineralogy) Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form; native aluminium, native salt.
8. Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
   • (Can we date this quote?)

     Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.

9. Original; constituting the original substance of anything.

   native dust

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

10. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
    • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

      The head is not more native to the heart, […] / Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father.

Synonyms

• (belonging to one by birth): inborn, innate; See also Thesaurus:innate
• (born or grown in the region in which it is found): aboriginal, autochthonous, indigenous; See also Thesaurus:native

Antonyms

• (born or grown in the region in which it is found): foreign, fremd; See also Thesaurus:foreign

Derived terms

Terms derived from native (adjective)

• go native

• native soil
• native speaker

• native wit

Translations

belonging to one by birth

• Albanian: amëtar
• Armenian: հայրենի (hy) (hayreni), մայրենի (hy) (mayreni)
• Assamese: থলুৱা (tholua)
• Belarusian: ро́дны (ródny)
• Bulgarian: роден (bg) (roden)
• Czech: rodný (cs) m
• Dutch: moeder-, geboorte-, aangeboren (nl)
• Esperanto: denaska
• Finnish: syntyperäinen (fi)
• French: maternel (fr)
• Galician: nativo m
• German: gebürtig (de)
• Greek: γενέθλιος (el) m (genéthlios), μητρικός (el) m (mitrikós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: született (hu), …… születésű, (of a place, with a possessive suffix) szülött (hu), (of a language) szülő- (hu), (of a language) anya- (hu)
• Italian: nativo (it), natio (it) m
• Latin: indiges
• Macedonian: роден (roden)
• Old English: þēodisc
• Polish: rodzimy (pl) m, ojczysty (pl) m
• Portuguese: nativo (pt)
• Romanian: nativ (ro), de la naștere, matern (ro)
• Russian: родно́й (ru) (rodnój)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: рођени

  Roman: starosedeoc (sh), samorodan (sh), rođeni (sh)

• Spanish: natal (es) m or f
• Telugu: జన్మస్థలం (te) (janmasthalaṁ)
• Ukrainian: рі́дний (rídnyj)

characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning

• Albanian: autokton (sq)
• Assamese: থলুৱা (tholua)
• Belarusian: карэ́нны (karénny), тузе́мны (tuzjémny), тубы́льны (tubýlʹny), тубы́льчы (tubýlʹčy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土著 (zh) (tǔzhù, tǔzhuó)

• Dutch: oorspronkelijk (nl), ingeboren, inheems (nl), geboren en getogen
• Esperanto: indiĝena
• Finnish: alkuperäinen (fi)
• French: autochtone (fr) m or f, indigène (fr) m or f
• Georgian: მკვიდრი (mḳvidri), ადგილობრივი (adgilobrivi)
• German: gebürtig (de)
• Greek: γηγενής (el) m (gigenís), αυτόχθων (el) m (aftóchthon)

  Ancient: ἀυτόχθων (autókhthōn)

• Hungarian: őslakó (hu), honos (hu), őshonos (hu), bennszülött (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: nativo (it), indigeno (it), autoctono (it), aborigeno (it)
• Japanese: 土着の (ja) (どちゃくの, dochaku no)
• Latin: indiges, indigenus
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innfødt

• Old English: inlende, inlendisc
• Polish: rdzenny (pl) m, tubylczy (pl)
• Portuguese: indígena (pt), nativo (pt)
• Romanian: originar (ro) m or n, originară f
• Russian: коренно́й (ru) (korennój), тузе́мный (ru) (tuzémnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: starosedeoc (sh), samorodan (sh)
• Spanish: indígena (es) m or f
• Tagalog: katutubo (tl)
• Ukrainian: корінни́й (korinnýj), тубі́льний (tubílʹnyj)

characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin

• Albanian: vendës (sq)
• Arabic: أَصْلِيّ (ʔaṣliyy)
• Assamese: থলুৱা (tholua)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本地 (zh) (běndì)

• Dutch: inheems (nl)
• Finnish: paikallinen (fi), alueellinen (fi)
• French: natif (fr)
• German: einheimisch (de)
• Greek: ντόπιος (el) m (ntópios), ιθαγενής (el) m or f (ithagenís)
• Hungarian: (local) helyi (hu), helybeli (hu), helybéli, (original) eredeti (hu), (innate) veleszületett
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: nativo (it), aborigeno (it)
• Japanese: 自国の (ja) (じこくの, jikoku no)
• Korean: 토산의 (tosan-ui)
• Old English: inlende, inlendisc
• Portuguese: nativo (pt)
• Romanian: localnic (ro) m or n, localnică (ro) f, autohton (ro)
• Russian: родно́й (ru) (rodnój), ме́стный (ru) (méstnyj), тузе́мный (ru) (tuzémnyj) (oboriginal)
• Spanish: nativo (es)
• Swedish: inhemsk (sv)

biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality

• Albanian: autokton (sq)
• Assamese: থলুৱা (tholua)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 本地 (zh) (běndì)

• Dutch: inheems (nl), autochtoon (nl)
• Finnish: autoktoninen (fi), kotoperäinen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: endémique (fr) m or f
• Hungarian: honos (hu), őshonos (hu)
• Italian: endemico (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hjemmehørende

• Russian: ме́стный (ru) (méstnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: gnèitheach

computing: pertaining to a particular system

• Italian: nativo (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: nativo (pt)

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} nativ (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} oriundo (es)

Noun

native (plural natives)

1. A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
2. (in particular) A person of aboriginal stock, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Alternative letter-case form of Native (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).

   Some natives must have stolen our cattle.

3. A native speaker.
4. , a kind of oyster.

Usage notes

• In North America, native/Native came into use as an umbrella term for the indigenous inhabitants of America as Indian began to fall out of formal usage (because it originated from Columbus's mistaken belief that he was in India and the people he encountered were Indians). Other designations include Native American, Native Canadian, and American Indian. In Canada, the terms include Inuit and Metis and the adjectives First Nation/First Nations.

Synonyms

• homeling (uncommon, obsolete)

Derived terms

• the natives are restless

Translations

person who is native to a place

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 當地人／当地人 (dāngdìrén), 当地人 (dāngdìrén), 本地人 (zh) (běndìrén)

• Czech: domorodec (cs) m, rodák m
• Dutch: autochtoon (nl) m, inwoner (nl) m; inboorling (nl) m (pejorative)
• Esperanto: indiĝeno
• Finnish: paikallinen asukas, alkuasukas (fi) (pejorative)
• German: Ureinwohner (de) m, Ureinwohnerin (de) f, Eingeborener (de) m, Eingeborene (de) f
• Italian: indigeno (it) m, aborigeno (it) m
• Latin: indigena m or f
• Maori: tangata whenua
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Old English: inlenda m
• Polish: tubylec (pl) m, autochton (pl) m
• Portuguese: nativo (pt) m, indígena (pt) m or f; selvagem (pt) m or f (pejorative)
• Romanian: indigen (ro), autohton (ro)
• Russian: уроже́нец (ru) m (urožénec), уроже́нка (ru) f (urožénka), ме́стный (ru) m (méstnyj), ме́стная (ru) f (méstnaja), коренно́й жи́тель (ru) m (korennój žítelʹ), коренна́я жи́тельница f (korennája žítelʹnica), вы́ходец (ru) m (výxodec) (when living somewhere else, no feminine form exists); тузе́мец (ru) m (tuzémec), тузе́мка (ru) f (tuzémka), абориге́н (ru) m (aborigén), абориге́нка (ru) f (aborigénka) (pejorative)
• Scots: hamespun
• Spanish: indígena (es) m or f
• Tok Pisin: kanaka

person of aboriginal stock

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土著 (zh) (tǔzhù, tǔzhuó), 土著人 (tǔzhùrén, tǔzhuórén), 原住民 (zh) (yuánzhùmín)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Finnish: alkuasukas (fi)
• Latin: indigena m or f
• Russian: абориге́н (ru) m (aborigén), абориге́нка (ru) f (aborigénka)

native speaker — see native speaker

See also

• native cat
• nativity
• nativization

Further reading

• "native" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 215.

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French

Adjective

native

1. feminine singular of natif

Anagrams

• enviât, vanité, veinât, venait

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Italian

Adjective

native

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective nativo.

Noun

native f pl

1. plural of nativa

Anagrams

• aventi, avinte, evinta, venati

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) nātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of nātīvus

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naˈti.ve]

Adjective

native

1. feminine plural nominative of nativ
2. feminine plural accusative of nativ
3. neuter plural nominative of nativ
4. neuter plural accusative of nativ