nato

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nato"

English

Etymology

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Noun

nato (countable and uncountable, plural natos)

1. (countable) A tree of the genus Mora
2. (uncountable) The wood of such trees

Anagrams

• NOTA, anot, nota, tona

Czech

Etymology

na +‎ to

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnato]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: na‧to

Adverb

nato (not comparable)

1. afterwards, subsequently

   Synonym: potom

   Antonym: předtím

   • 1868, František Stejskal-Lažanský, “Eližběta Johanka Westonie”, in Věnec slávy žen slovanských, Prague: self-published, pages 61–64:

     V Čechách získal si přízeň i ochranu Voka z Rožmberka a nedlouho nato koupil si dům a statek v okolí městečka Mostu.

     In Bohemia, he won the favor and protection of Vok of Rožmberk, and soon afterwards he bought a house and a homestead in the vicinity of the town of Most.

See also

• později

Further reading

• “nato”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nato”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “nato”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑ̝t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Syllabification^(key): na‧to
• Hyphenation^(key): na‧to

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *nato, from Proto-Uralic *nataw.

Noun

nato (archaic)

1. sister-in-law of a woman (husband's sister)

Declension

Inflection of nato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		nato	nadot
genitive		nadon	natojen
partitive		natoa	natoja
illative		natoon	natoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		nato	nadot
accusative	nom.	nato	nadot
	gen.	nadon
genitive		nadon	natojen
partitive		natoa	natoja
inessive		nadossa	nadoissa
elative		nadosta	nadoista
illative		natoon	natoihin
adessive		nadolla	nadoilla
ablative		nadolta	nadoilta
allative		nadolle	nadoille
essive		natona	natoina
translative		nadoksi	nadoiksi
abessive		nadotta	nadoitta
instructive		—	nadoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of nato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative natoni natoni accusative nom. natoni natoni gen. natoni genitive natoni natojeni partitive natoani natojani inessive nadossani nadoissani elative nadostani nadoistani illative natooni natoihini adessive nadollani nadoillani ablative nadoltani nadoiltani allative nadolleni nadoilleni essive natonani natoinani translative nadokseni nadoikseni abessive nadottani nadoittani instructive — — comitative — natoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative natosi natosi accusative nom. natosi natosi gen. natosi genitive natosi natojesi partitive natoasi natojasi inessive nadossasi nadoissasi elative nadostasi nadoistasi illative natoosi natoihisi adessive nadollasi nadoillasi ablative nadoltasi nadoiltasi allative nadollesi nadoillesi essive natonasi natoinasi translative nadoksesi nadoiksesi abessive nadottasi nadoittasi instructive — — comitative — natoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative natomme natomme accusative nom. natomme natomme gen. natomme genitive natomme natojemme partitive natoamme natojamme inessive nadossamme nadoissamme elative nadostamme nadoistamme illative natoomme natoihimme adessive nadollamme nadoillamme ablative nadoltamme nadoiltamme allative nadollemme nadoillemme essive natonamme natoinamme translative nadoksemme nadoiksemme abessive nadottamme nadoittamme instructive — — comitative — natoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative natonne natonne accusative nom. natonne natonne gen. natonne genitive natonne natojenne partitive natoanne natojanne inessive nadossanne nadoissanne elative nadostanne nadoistanne illative natoonne natoihinne adessive nadollanne nadoillanne ablative nadoltanne nadoiltanne allative nadollenne nadoillenne essive natonanne natoinanne translative nadoksenne nadoiksenne abessive nadottanne nadoittanne instructive — — comitative — natoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative natonsa natonsa accusative nom. natonsa natonsa gen. natonsa genitive natonsa natojensa partitive natoaan natoansa natojaan natojansa inessive nadossaan nadossansa nadoissaan nadoissansa elative nadostaan nadostansa nadoistaan nadoistansa illative natoonsa natoihinsa adessive nadollaan nadollansa nadoillaan nadoillansa ablative nadoltaan nadoltansa nadoiltaan nadoiltansa allative nadolleen nadollensa nadoilleen nadoillensa essive natonaan natonansa natoinaan natoinansa translative nadokseen nadoksensa nadoikseen nadoiksensa abessive nadottaan nadottansa nadoittaan nadoittansa instructive — — comitative — natoineen natoinensa

See also

• kyty

Further reading

• “nato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Noun

nato (rare)

1. alternative letter-case form of Nato

Declension

Inflection of nato (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		nato	—
genitive		naton	—
partitive		natoa	—
illative		natoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		nato	—
accusative	nom.	nato	—
	gen.	naton
genitive		naton	—
partitive		natoa	—
inessive		natossa	—
elative		natosta	—
illative		natoon	—
adessive		natolla	—
ablative		natolta	—
allative		natolle	—
essive		natona	—
translative		natoksi	—
abessive		natotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of nato (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative natoni — accusative nom. natoni — gen. natoni genitive natoni — partitive natoani — inessive natossani — elative natostani — illative natooni — adessive natollani — ablative natoltani — allative natolleni — essive natonani — translative natokseni — abessive natottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative natosi — accusative nom. natosi — gen. natosi genitive natosi — partitive natoasi — inessive natossasi — elative natostasi — illative natoosi — adessive natollasi — ablative natoltasi — allative natollesi — essive natonasi — translative natoksesi — abessive natottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative natomme — accusative nom. natomme — gen. natomme genitive natomme — partitive natoamme — inessive natossamme — elative natostamme — illative natoomme — adessive natollamme — ablative natoltamme — allative natollemme — essive natonamme — translative natoksemme — abessive natottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative natonne — accusative nom. natonne — gen. natonne genitive natonne — partitive natoanne — inessive natossanne — elative natostanne — illative natoonne — adessive natollanne — ablative natoltanne — allative natollenne — essive natonanne — translative natoksenne — abessive natottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative natonsa — accusative nom. natonsa — gen. natonsa genitive natonsa — partitive natoaan natoansa — inessive natossaan natossansa — elative natostaan natostansa — illative natoonsa — adessive natollaan natollansa — ablative natoltaan natoltansa — allative natolleen natollensa — essive natonaan natonansa — translative natokseen natoksensa — abessive natottaan natottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• anot, anto, otan, tano, taon, tona

Indonesian

nato

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 納豆(なっと) (natto, “natto”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈnato/ [ˈna.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: na‧to
• Homophone: NATO

Noun

nato (plural nato-nato)

1. (cooking) natto: a traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans

Further reading

• “nato”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nato. Cognates include Finnish nato and Estonian nadu.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑto̞ˑ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑd̥o̞ˑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Hyphenation: na‧to

Noun

nato

1. sister-in-law (one's husband's or wife's sister)

Declension

Declension of nato (type 4/koivu, t- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	nato	naot
genitive	naon	nattoin, natoloin
partitive	nattoa	natoja, natoloja
illative	nattoo	nattoi, natoloihe
inessive	naos	naois, natolois
elative	naost	naoist, natoloist
allative	naolle	naoille, natoloille
adessive	naol	naoil, natoloil
ablative	naolt	naoilt, natoloilt
translative	naoks	naoiks, natoloiks
essive	natonna, nattoon	natoinna, natoloinna, nattoin, natoloin
exessive1)	natont	natoint, natoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Coordinate terms

• kyty (“one's husband's brother”)
• näälä (“one's wife's brother”)
• käly, minni (“one's brother's wife”)

Derived terms

• naokset

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 332

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin nātus.

Adjective

nato

1. born

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: nà‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin nātus, from earlier gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“begotten, produced”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”).

Participle

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural nati, feminine plural nate)

1. past participle of nascere; born

Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural nati, feminine plural nate)

1. born (also used in combination)
2. né
3. (rare, literary) son, offspring

Related terms

• natale
• nativo
• natura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nato

1. first-person singular present indicative of natare

Anagrams

• OTAN, anto-, nota, onta, tona

Latin

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₂ti

Proto-Italic *snāō

Latin nō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin -tō

Latin natō

From nō (“to swim”) +‎ -tō (frequentative suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈna.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.to]

Verb

natō (present infinitive natāre, perfect active natāvī, supine natātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) to swim or float

   Cum in lacū natābat, multōs piscēs vīdit.

   When swimming in the lake, he saw many fish.

2. (poetic):
   1. (transitive):
      1. to swim across [with accusative]
      2. to overflow with [with accusative]
      3. to be inundated with [with ablative]
   2. (intransitive, figuratively):
      1. (especially of the eyes) to swim (as when drunken or dying); to be feeble or failing
      2. to fluctuate; to waver; to be uncertain or unsteady
         • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.673:

           ‘nox erat, et vīnīs oculīque animīque natābant’

           “It was night, and [their] eyesight as well as [their] minds were [unsteady,] swimming with wine […] .”
           (The poetic voice of Minerva or Tritonia describes the aftermath of a merry feast.)

      3. to move to and fro; to not stand still

Conjugation

   Conjugation of natō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	natō		natās		natat		natāmus		natātis		natant
	imperfect	natābam		natābās		natābat		natābāmus		natābātis		natābant
	future	natābō		natābis		natābit		natābimus		natābitis		natābunt
	perfect	natāvī		natāvistī		natāvit		natāvimus		natāvistis		natāvērunt, natāvēre
	pluperfect	natāveram		natāverās		natāverat		natāverāmus		natāverātis		natāverant
	future perfect	natāverō		natāveris		natāverit		natāverimus		natāveritis		natāverint
passive	present	nator		natāris, natāre		natātur		natāmur		natāminī		natantur
	imperfect	natābar		natābāris, natābāre		natābātur		natābāmur		natābāminī		natābantur
	future	natābor		natāberis, natābere		natābitur		natābimur		natābiminī		natābuntur
	perfect	natātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	natātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	natātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	natem		natēs		natet		natēmus		natētis		natent
	imperfect	natārem		natārēs		natāret		natārēmus		natārētis		natārent
	perfect	natāverim		natāverīs		natāverit		natāverīmus		natāverītis		natāverint
	pluperfect	natāvissem		natāvissēs		natāvisset		natāvissēmus		natāvissētis		natāvissent
passive	present	nater		natēris, natēre		natētur		natēmur		natēminī		natentur
	imperfect	natārer		natārēris, natārēre		natārētur		natārēmur		natārēminī		natārentur
	perfect	natātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	natātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		natā		—		—		natāte		—
	future	—		natātō		natātō		—		natātōte		natantō
passive	present	—		natāre		—		—		natāminī		—
	future	—		natātor		natātor		—		—		natantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		natāre			natārī			natāns			—
future		natātūrum esse			natātum īrī			natātūrus			natandus
perfect		natāvisse			natātum esse			—			natātus
future perfect		—			natātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		natātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		natandī		natandō		natandum		natandō		natātum		natātū

Derived terms

• ēnatō
• natābundus
• natāns
• natāticius
• natātilis
• natātiō
• natātor
• natatorium
• natātōrium
• natātōrius
• natātūra
• natātus
• supernatō

Descendants

• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: nadai, anatare, nadare, natare
• Italo-Romance:
  • Gallurese: natà
  • Italian: natare (archaic)
  • Neapolitan: natare
  • Sassarese: nadà, annadai
  • Sicilian: natari
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Friulian: nadâ
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitan: nadar
  • Old Catalan: nadar
    • Catalan: nedar, nadar (Western)
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: nadar
  • Asturian: nadar, ñadar
  • Extremaduran: nadal
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: nadar
    • Galician: nadar, danar
    • Portuguese: nadar
  • Old Spanish: nadar
    • Ladino: nadar / נאדאר
    • Spanish: nadar

Reflexes of an assumed variant *notāre (compare the prefixed transnotare in the Reichenau Glossary)

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: (a)nutari
  • Romanian: (î)nota
  • → Albanian: notoj
• Italo-Dalmatian:
  • Corsican: nutà
  • Gallurese: nutà, nudà
  • Italian: nuotare, notare (regional)
  • Sassarese: nudà
  • Venetan: noar, nuar, nodar
• Rhaeto-Romance:
  • Romansh: nudar, nuder, nodar
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Ligurian: nuâ
  • Piedmontese: nuvé
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: noar
  • Occitan: nodar (northern)
  • Old French: noer

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.to]

Verb

nātō

1. second/third-person singular future active imperative of nō

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.to]

Participle

nātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nātus

Noun

nātō

1. dative/ablative singular of nātus (“son”)

Further reading

• “nato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nato”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “nato”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) according to circumstances: pro re (nata), pro tempore
    

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nātus. Doublet of nado.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈna.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈna.tu/

• Homophone: NATO
• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: na‧to

Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural natos, feminine plural natas)

1. (of a person) born (having a character or quality from birth)

   Synonym: (also applies to physical properties.) de nascença

   Ela é uma escritora nata.

   She is a born writer.

2. (of a person’s character or quality) innate (present from birth)

   Synonyms: inato, natural, (also applies to physical properties) de nascença

   A criatividade dela é nata.

   Her creativity is innate.

3. (with a demonym) born in a place (often implying strong identification with the location or local culture)

   Ele é nordestino nato!

   He is a born and bred Northeasterner!

4. (citizenship law, specifically) by birth (having a nationality due to being born in the country)

   Antonym: naturalizado

   Somos brasileiros natos, mas nosso avô foi naturalizado.

   We are Brazilians by birth, but our grandfather was naturalised.

See also

• dom

Further reading

• “nato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “nato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnato/ [ˈna.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: na‧to

Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural natos, feminine plural natas)

1. born

Related terms

• antenatal
• innato
• mortinato
• nacer (see more related terms)
• natal
• natalidad
• navidad
• neonatal
• neonato
• neonatología
• nonato
• postnatal
• prenatal

Further reading

• “nato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nato.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑto]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Hyphenation: na‧to

Noun

nato

1. sister-in-law (sister of one's husband)

Inflection

Declension of nato (type III/jalkõ, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nato	naod
genitive	nao	natojõ, natoi
partitive	nattoa	natoitõ, natoi
illative	nattosõ, natto	natoisõ
inessive	naoz	natoiz
elative	naossõ	natoissõ
allative	naolõ	natoilõ
adessive	naollõ	natoillõ
ablative	naoltõ	natoiltõ
translative	naossi	natoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V.; Adler, E.; Grünberg, S.; Leppik, M. (2012), “nato”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Western Apache

Noun

nato

1. tobacco