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native en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈneɪtɪv/ US, weak vowel distinction
  • /ˈneɪtɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈneɪtəv/ General American, weak vowel merger
  • audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus (“birth”). Doublet of naive and neif. Displaced native Middle English thedisch, equivalent to (puristic) theed + -ish. By surface analysis, Latin nat- + -ive. Compare also inborn.

Meanings

  1. Belonging to one by birth or ancestry.
    • They were dressed in their native costumes. 1877, Maria Margaret Grant, The Sun-Maid. A Romance., page viii:
    • In my natyf language I wyl not opres, / More of her werke, for it is obscure; / Who wyl therof knowe all the perfeytnes / In phylosophy he shall fynde it ryght sure, / Whyche all the trouth can to hym discure. 1509, Stephen Hawes, The Pastime of Pleasure: An Allegorical Poem (Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages; vol. XVIII.), reprinted from the edition of 1555, London: Percy Society, published 1846, cap. xxiv. “Of the five internall wittes.”, stanza 14, lines 1–5, page 111:
    • The Language I haue learn’d these forty yeares (My natiue English) now I must forgo. 1593, William Shakespeare, Richard II, act I, scene iii, line 160:
    • […] But to the Snake those accents sweet were known / His native tongue and hers; […] 1817, Percy Bysshe Shelley, The Revolt of Islam, canto I, stanza xix, lines 5–6:
    • His name has been metamorphosed in Syria and Egypt into the more native-sounding Abulides. 1876, Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger, translated by Alfred Plummer, Hippolytus and Callistus, volume II, page 87:
    • Happy the man, whose wish and care / A few paternal acres bound, / Content to breathe his native air / In his own ground. c. 1700, Alexander Pope, Ode on Solitude, first quatrain:
    • This is my native land.
    • Thy sentence…robs my tongue from breathing natiue breath. ibidem, line 173
    • I need a volunteer native New Yorker for my next joke…
    • English is not my native language.
    • Their habits, as we can see them transacted, are native. 1841, George Catlin, Letters and Notes on the Customs and Manners of the North American Indians, volume I, published 1844, page 6:
    • They have a native language of their owne, but the Persian tongue is understood by most. 1638, Sir Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels into Africa and Asia the Great, second edition, page 37:
    • Those of the western church were obliged to acquire some knowledge of Latin; and for Greek, to those of the eastern church it was still (with a few corruptions) their native language. 1780, James Harris, Philological Inquiries (pages 385–539), in The Works of James Harris, Esq., with an account of His Life and Character, by his son, The Earl of Malmesbury., Oxford: printed by J. Vincent for Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside, London, published 1841, part III (pages 454–539), chapter xiv. “Superior Literature and Knowledge both of the Greek and Latin Clergy […] ” (pages 529–533), page 529:
  2. Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
    • Many native artists studied abroad.
    • Native peoples in the continental United States are called Native Americans or American Indians.
  3. (alt-of) Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).
    alt of Native
  4. Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
    • native oysters or strawberries
    • Clover is not native to the Americas, but it is firmly established there.
  5. (of a species) Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
    • The naturalized Norway maple often outcompetes the native North American sugar maple.
  6. (of software) Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
    • cloud native, crypto native
    • The native integer size is sixteen bits.
    • This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds.
  7. Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
    • native aluminium
    • native salt
  8. Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
    • Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:
  9. Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
    • Must I thus leave thee Paradise? thus leave Thee Native Soile, these happie Walks and Shades, Fit haunt of Gods? 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
    • native dust
  10. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
    • The head is not more native to the heart, […] Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
natyf alternative, obsolete lexicographic
more native Degree=Cmp lexicographic
natiue alternative, obsolete lexicographic
most native Degree=Sup lexicographic

Antonyms

foreign (antonym(s) of) · naturalized · fremd · allochthonous

Deriveds

native soil · unnative · native tongue · native land · native devil · native-like · native bundle · non-native · native millet · native language · native bear · nativist · native-speaking · native speaker · native advertising · native daughter · native code · native signer · native plum · nativar · native gardenia · nonnative · native myrtle · cloud-native · native ground · native wit · nativeness · native tiger · non-native speaker · native fuchsia · natively · near-native · nativelike · native species · AI-native · native support · non-native-speaker · native steel · native resolution · native-speaker · nativism · seminative · nativize · nativehen · native heath · native son · go native · native monkey · native loquat · native leek · native tobacco · native-born · native-speakerism · native bread · native title · native companion

Hypernyms

earliest · original · primordial · primeval

Relateds

first · ancient · primitive · local · natural

Synonyms

autochthonal · autochthonous · endemic · aboriginal (born or grown in the region in which it is found) · native · inlandish · inborn (belonging to one by birth) · innate · indigenous

Translations (165)

fi luonnollinen (mineralogy: occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form) · eo denaska (belonging to one by birth) · fi alkuperäis- (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · be тузе́мны (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · bg роден (belonging to one by birth) · te జన్మస్థలం (belonging to one by birth) · sh starosedeoc (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · pl rodzimy (belonging to one by birth) · ru родно́й (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · la indigenus (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · ro autohton (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · nl inheems (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · ru родно́й (belonging to one by birth) · uk рі́дний (belonging to one by birth) · hu helyi (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · sq vendës (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · fi syntymä- (belonging to one by birth) · nb innfødt (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · el γενέθλιος (belonging to one by birth) · cmn 土著 (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · sh рођени (belonging to one by birth) · hu veleszületett (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · pt oriundo (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · hu … születésű (belonging to one by birth) · nl geboorte- (belonging to one by birth) · sv inhemsk (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · hi मूल (belonging to one by birth) · hu anya- (belonging to one by birth) · mhr абориген (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · nl oorspronkelijk (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · sh sȁmorodan (belonging to one by birth) · hu helybéli (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · el ντόπιος (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · la indiges (belonging to one by birth) · uk корінни́й (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · sh rođeni (belonging to one by birth) · be тубы́льны (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · ro de la naștere (belonging to one by birth) · bg туземен (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · mt nattiv (belonging to one by birth) · be карэ́нны (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · de einheimisch (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · cs rodný (belonging to one by birth) · ru ме́стный (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · fi syntyperäinen (belonging to one by birth) · fi autoktoninen (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · ang inlende (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · mk роден (belonging to one by birth) · gd gnèitheach (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · fi kotoperäinen (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · mk местен (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · el μητρικός (belonging to one by birth) · uk тубі́льний (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · pt indígena (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · sh староседеоц (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · mk роден (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · da indfødt (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · it aborigeno (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · fr autochtone (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · ang inlende (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · hi उत्पत्ति (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · it nativo (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · fr maternel (belonging to one by birth) · fr natif (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · it nativo (belonging to one by birth) · nl aangeboren (belonging to one by birth) · nl native (computing: pertaining to a particular system) · it endemico (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · hu született (belonging to one by birth) · nl autochtoon (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · it indigeno (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · sh са̏мородан (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · sh староседеоц (belonging to one by birth) · ka მკვიდრი (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · ka ადგილობრივი (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · ru тузе́мный (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · hu őshonos (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · as থলুৱা (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · fi alkuperäinen (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · ro matern (belonging to one by birth) · pt nativo (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · it autoctono (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · nn innfødd (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · cmn 本地 (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · sq amëtar (belonging to one by birth) · hu bennszülött (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · be ро́дны (belonging to one by birth) · sa देशज (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · ru тузе́мный (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · hi उत्पत्ति (belonging to one by birth) · sq autokton (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · nb hjemmehørende (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · gl nativo (belonging to one by birth) · de gebürtig (belonging to one by birth) · pl natywny (computing: pertaining to a particular system) · de gebürtig (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · sh sȁmorodan (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · ja 土着の (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · hu honos (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · nl inheems (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · ar أَصْلِيّ (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · fa بومی (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · es nativo (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · sh са̏мородан (belonging to one by birth) · mk мајчин (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · nn heimehøyrande (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · ang inlendisċ (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · az doğma (belonging to one by birth) · el ιθαγενής (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · ro localnic (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · hu helybeli (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · el αυτόχθων (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · hy հայրենի (belonging to one by birth) · ko 토산의 (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · hi मूल (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · eo indiĝena (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · la indiges (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · hu őshonos (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · ba туған (belonging to one by birth) · it nativo (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · tl katutubo (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · ang inlendisċ (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · nl ingeboren (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · fi alkuperäis- (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia) · as থলুৱা (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · hy մայրենի (belonging to one by birth) · hi मूल (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · pl ojczysty (belonging to one by birth) · hu honos (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · nl geboren en getogen (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · as থলুৱা (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · cmn 本地 (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · ro originar (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · nl inheems (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · pt nativo (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · as থলুৱা (belonging to one by birth) · ru коренно́й (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · fi paikallinen (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · pl tubylczy (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · it nativo (computing: pertaining to a particular system) · ja 自国の (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · be тубы́льчы (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · fr indigène (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · pl rdzenny (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · ro nativ (belonging to one by birth) · fi alkuperäinen (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia) · sh starosedeoc (belonging to one by birth) · fi alkuperäinen (original; constituting the original substance of anything) · hu eredeti (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · hu szülő- (belonging to one by birth) · nl moeder- (belonging to one by birth) · bg местен (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · fr endémique (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · pt nativo (computing: pertaining to a particular system) · el γηγενής (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · it natio (belonging to one by birth) · nl natief (computing: pertaining to a particular system) · it oriundo (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · grc αὐτόχθων (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · es oriundo (born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found) · pt nativo (belonging to one by birth) · nb heimehørende (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · ru ме́стный (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality) · hu őslakó (characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times) · sq autokton (biology: which occurs of its own accord in a given locality)

native en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈneɪtɪv/ US, weak vowel distinction
  • /ˈneɪtɪv/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈneɪtəv/ General American, weak vowel merger
  • audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus (“birth”). Doublet of naive and neif. Displaced native Middle English thedisch, equivalent to (puristic) theed + -ish. By surface analysis, Latin nat- + -ive. Compare also inborn.

Meanings

  1. A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
  2. (in particular) A person of aboriginal descent, 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).
    • As for the wars between natives and settlers, far from having “ceased,” they would continue well into the twentieth century, and over much the same things that had always sparked them—trade, land, and settler arrogance. 2013, James Ciment, Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It, Hill and Wang, →ISBN, page 72:
    • Dr John Reid, a historian called to testify for Mr Marshall, distinguished between the fur trade at the truckhouses and a smaller scale trade between natives and settlers: "It seems that there were native persons who were selling small amounts […]" 2009, Alex M. Cameron, Power without Law: The Supreme Court of Canada, the Marshall Decisions and the Failure of Judicial Activism, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN:
    • Mail trains are limited to first and second class passengers, but on the mixed trains third class is also provided, and this is patronised exclusively by natives. 1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 640:
  3. A native speaker.
  4. A native plant or animal.
  5. An oyster of species Ostrea edulis.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
natives Number=Plur lexicographic
natiue alternative, obsolete lexicographic
natyf alternative, obsolete lexicographic

Antonyms

exotic

Deriveds

the natives are restless · digital native

Relateds

nativization · native cat · nativity · nativisation

Synonyms

homeling

Translations (69)

cmn 原住民 (person of aboriginal descent) · cmn 本地人 (person who is native to a place) · ru тузе́мец (person of aboriginal descent) · fi alkuasukas (person of aboriginal descent) · ru тузе́мка (person of aboriginal descent) · tpi kanaka (person who is native to a place) · ru ме́стный (person who is native to a place) · ko 현지인 (person who is native to a place) · mk домо́родец (person who is native to a place) · cmn 土著人 (person of aboriginal descent) · ru коренно́й жи́тель (person of aboriginal descent) · pt indígena (person who is native to a place) · gv dooghyssagh (person who is native to a place) · gv ben ghooie (person who is native to a place) · it indigeno (person who is native to a place) · ro autohton (person who is native to a place) · ru вы́ходец (person who is native to a place) · ru абориге́н (person who is native to a place) · sco hamespun (person who is native to a place) · ru коренно́й жи́тель (person who is native to a place) · eo indiĝenino (person who is native to a place) · ang inlenda (person who is native to a place) · pt selvagem (person who is native to a place) · ca nadiua (person who is native to a place) · de Eingeborene (person who is native to a place) · ko 원주민 (person who is native to a place) · pl autochton (person who is native to a place) · ru абориге́н (person of aboriginal descent) · fi paikallinen asukas (person who is native to a place) · ca nadiu (person who is native to a place) · nl inwoner (person who is native to a place) · cs domorodec (person who is native to a place) · nl autochtoon (person who is native to a place) · de Ureinwohnerin (person who is native to a place) · ko 원주민 (person of aboriginal descent) · ru абориге́нка (person who is native to a place) · cmn 當地人 /当地人 (person who is native to a place) · pl tubylec (person who is native to a place) · la indigena (person who is native to a place) · ru абориге́нка (person of aboriginal descent) · am ተወላጅ (person who is native to a place) · cs rodák (person who is native to a place) · ru уроже́нец (person who is native to a place) · de Ureinwohner (person who is native to a place) · bg туземец (person of aboriginal descent) · gv fer dooie (person who is native to a place) · eo indiĝeno (person who is native to a place) · gv çheeragh (person who is native to a place) · fa بومی (person of aboriginal descent) · ru тузе́мец (person who is native to a place) · bg местен (person who is native to a place) · ro indigen (person who is native to a place) · ru тузе́мка (person who is native to a place) · mi tangata whenua (person who is native to a place) · fi alkuasukas (person who is native to a place) · ru уроже́нка (person who is native to a place) · ca indígena (person who is native to a place) · it aborigeno (person who is native to a place) · ml സ്വദേശി (person who is native to a place) · cmn 土著 (person of aboriginal descent) · la indigena (person of aboriginal descent) · ml നാട്ടുകാരൻ (person who is native to a place) · ru ме́стная (person who is native to a place) · es indígena (person who is native to a place) · ru коренна́я жи́тельница (person who is native to a place) · mk домо́родец (person of aboriginal descent) · nl inboorling (person who is native to a place) · de Eingeborener (person who is native to a place) · pt nativo (person who is native to a place)