native
noun
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L229312 on Wikidata ↗adjective
- naturally occurring in a region
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈneɪtɪv/ / /ˈneɪtəv/
adj
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.
- Belonging to one by birth.
“This is my native land.”
“English is not my native language.”
- Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
“What are now called ‘Native Americans’ used to be called Indians.”
- Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).
- Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
“a native inhabitant”
“native oysters or strawberries”
- 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.”
- Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
“This is a native back-end to gather the latest news feeds.”
“The native integer size is sixteen bits.”
- Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
“native aluminium”
“native salt”
- 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.”
- Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
“native dust”
“Must I thus leave thee Paradise? thus leave Thee Native Soile, these happie Walks and Shades, Fit haunt of Gods?”
- Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
“The head is not more native to the heart, […] Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father.”
noun
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.
- A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
- 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).
“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.”
“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 […]"”
- A native speaker.
- A native plant or animal.
- An oyster of species Ostrea edulis.