native

Meaning

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.

Hyphenated as

na‧tive

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈneɪtɪv/

Etymology

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

Sentences

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