natal en · ADJ · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ˈneɪtəl/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātālisbor. Middle English natal English natal From Middle English natal, natale (“native, one’s own; inherited; presiding over birthdays or births”), from Classical Latin nātālis (“natal”), from nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“to be born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of nada, Natal, née, and Noel.
Meanings
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Of or relating to birth.
Sea turtles return to their natal beaches to nest.
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.
1987, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, page 456:
Deriveds
prenatal · natality · pronatal · connatal · natalism · postnatal · perinatal · antinatal · natalist · paranatal · natally · pronatalism · transnatal · pronatalist · postnatal depression · intranatal · antinatalist · natal day · conatal · antinatalism · circumnatal · neonatal · natal chart · natal fig
Hyponyms
neonatal · prenatal · puerperal · perinatal · postnatal · antenatal
Relateds
Synonyms
Translations (8)
ro de naștere (of or relating to birth) · fi syntymä- (of or relating to birth) · fr natal (of or relating to birth) · ro natal (of or relating to birth) · es natal (of or relating to birth) · pl urodzeniowy (of or relating to birth) · bg родилен (of or relating to birth) · pt natal (of or relating to birth)