inné

Meaning

innate, inborn, congenital, inbred, native

Pronounced as (IPA)

/i(n).ne/

Etymology

A semi-learned term borrowed from Latin innātus (“inborn”), perfect active participle of innāscor (“be born in, grow up in”), from in (“in, at on”) + nāscor (“be born”). Replaced the inherited Old French form enné.

Sentences

Il est très jeune , très actif , il a un sens inné de l'actualité.

He is very young, very active, he has an innate sense of topicality.