native (ˈneɪtɪv
)
Definitions
adjective
- relating or belonging to a person or thing by virtue of conditions existing at the time of birth ⇒
my native city
- inherent, natural, or innate ⇒
a native strength
- born in a specified place ⇒
a native German
- when postpositive, foll by to originating in a specific place or area ⇒
kangaroos are native to Australia
- characteristic of or relating to the indigenous inhabitants of a country or area ⇒
the native art of the New Guinea Highlands
- (of chemical elements, esp metals) found naturally in the elemental form
- unadulterated by civilization, artifice, or adornment; natural
- archaic related by birth or race
- See go native
noun
- (usually foll by of) a person born in a particular place ⇒
a native of Geneva
- (usually foll by of) a species originating in a particular place or area ⇒
the kangaroo is a native of Australia
- a member of an indigenous people of a country or area, esp a non-White people, as opposed to colonial settlers and immigrants
- offensive old-fashioned any non-White
Alternative Forms
ˈnatively adverb ˈnativeness nounWord Origin
C14: from Latin nātīvus innate, natural, from nascī to be bornSynonyms
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Translations
- British English:
native
Your native country or area is the country or area where you were born and brought up.She returned to her native country this week.ˈneɪtɪv ADJECTIVE She returned to her native country this week.
- Spanish:
natal
adj
- French:
natif
adj native
- German: Heimat- adj
- Chinese: 本国的 adj
- Arabic: أهليٌّ adj
- Portuguese: nativo adj nativa
- Russian: родной adj родная
- Croatian: domaći adj domaća
- Czech: rodný adj
- Danish: indfødt adj
- Dutch: autochtoon adj
- Finnish: synnyin- adj
- Greek: γηγενής adj
- Italian: nativo adj nativa
- Japanese: 出生地の no_posp
- Korean: 태어난 adj
- Norwegian: innfødt adj
- Polish: rodzimy adj rodzima
- Brazilian Portuguese: nativo adj nativa
- European Spanish:
natal
adj
- Swedish: infödd adj infött
- Thai: พื้นเมือง adj
- Turkish: yerli adj
- Vietnamese: thuộc nơi sinh adj
Usage examples
Now that she got a better look at him, it seemed to Pamela he was too pale to be a native of Marseille.
, A Song at Twilight (1989)Barbara Hepworth refers to the deep rooted influence that her native Yorkshire landscapes had in her work.
Country Life (2005)Eagle feathers have always been sacred to native peoples of North America.
Globe and Mail (2003)(He is beginning to think about returning to his native turf.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Great-Uncle Jim had learned a lot from the native Americans he had worked with during his time with Buffalo Bill.
, FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)