native

Betekenis

Adj

1. Belonging to one by birth.
2. Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
3. Alternative letter-case form of Native (of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia).
4. Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.
5. Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
6. Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
7. Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
8. Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
9. Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
10. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

Noun

1. A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.
2. 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).
3. A native speaker.
4. Ostrea edulis, a kind of oyster.

Met koppelteken als

na‧tive

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈneɪtɪv/

Etymologie

Inherited from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus (“birth”). Doublet of naive and neif.

Zinnen

Saint John's native Wes Welcher was named the game's first star with two goals .

De geboorteland Wes Welcher van Saint John werd de eerste ster van de game genoemd met twee doelpunten.