natal
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from Latin nātālis (“natal”), from nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“I am born”), ultimately from gnāscor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-. Doublet of Noel.
AdjectiveEdit
natal (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- Of or relating to birth.
- Sea turtles return to their natal beaches to nest.
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Etymology 2Edit
From Latin natis (“rump”), plural nates.
AdjectiveEdit
natal (comparative more natal, superlative most natal)
- Of or relating to the buttocks.
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Further readingEdit
- “natal” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- “natal” in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin natalis. Doublet of Nadal.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
natal (masculine and feminine plural natals)
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin nātālis. Doublet of Noël.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
natal (feminine singular natale, masculine plural nataux, feminine plural natales)
Further readingEdit
- “natal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese natal, from Latin natalis.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
natal (plural natal-natal, first-person possessive natalku, second-person possessive natalmu, third-person possessive natalnya)
Alternative formsEdit
- Natal (“Christmas”)
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Further readingEdit
- “natal” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
natal (masculine and feminine natal, neuter natalt, definite singular and plural natale, comparative natalare, indefinite superlative natalast, definite superlative natalaste)
- pertaining to birth
ReferencesEdit
- “natal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin natalis. Doublet of Nadal.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
natal m or f (plural natais, comparable)
- natal (of or relating to birth)
- Synonym: natalício
- native (relating to the place where one was born)
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RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
natal m or n (feminine singular natală, masculine plural natali, feminine and neuter plural natale)
DeclensionEdit
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin nātālis (“natal”). Compare also the doublet nadal.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
natal (plural natales)
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Further readingEdit
- “natal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014