native

A2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈneɪtəv/ UK /ˈneɪtɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #3944

Meanings

1

adj
Connected with the place where you were born.

She returned to her native country after twenty years abroad.
2

adj
Living or growing naturally in a particular place, not brought in from elsewhere.

The sugar maple is native to North America.
3

noun
A person who was born in a particular place or country.

He is a native of Brazil.
4

adj
Belonging to the original people who lived in a region.

The museum displays the art of the native peoples of the region.

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Synonyms

1 adj · connected with the place... inborn

2 adj · living or growing naturally... aboriginal

4 adj · belonging to the original... aboriginal

More autochthonal autochthonous endemichomelingindigenousinlandishinnate

Opposites

allochthonousforeign fremd naturalized

Word family

Forms natives

Derived forms ai-nativecloud-nativenativarnative-bornnative-likenative-speakernative-speakerismnative-speakingnativehennativelikenativelynativeness

Related forms ancient first localnativisationnativitynativizationnatural primitive

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Phrases (2)

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Proverbs (1)

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The natives are restless

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. Compare also inborn.

*ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European natif Middle English nātīvus Latin

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# native

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** adj, noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈneɪtəv/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈneɪtɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 3944

## Meanings
1. Connected with the place where you were born.
2. Living or growing naturally in a particular place, not brought in from elsewhere.
3. A person who was born in a particular place or country.
4. Belonging to the original people who lived in a region.

## Examples
- She returned to her native country after twenty years abroad.
- The sugar maple is native to North America.
- He is a native of Brazil.
- The museum displays the art of the native peoples of the region.

## Synonyms
- autochthonal
- autochthonous
- endemic
- homeling
- indigenous
- inlandish
- innate

## Antonyms
- allochthonous
- foreign
- fremd
- naturalized

## Derived Forms
- ai-native
- cloud-native
- nativar
- native-born
- native-like
- native-speaker
- native-speakerism
- native-speaking
- nativehen
- nativelike
- natively
- nativeness

## Related Forms
- ancient
- first
- local
- nativisation
- nativity
- nativization
- natural
- primitive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *ǵenh₁-
- Root: natif
- Root: nātīvus

## 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. Compare also inborn.

## AI Etymology
Native is 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. In present-day English its meanings include connected with the place where you were born, living or growing naturally in a particular place, not brought in from elsewhere, and a person who was born in a particular place or country. The historical chain runs through *ǵenh₁- (Proto-Indo-European), natif (Middle English), natif (Old French), and nātīvus (Latin). Related and derived forms include ancient, first, local.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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