native

Etymology
From, from , from , from. .

Adjective

 * 1) Belonging to one by birth.
 * 2) Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
 * 3)  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).
 * 1)  Which occurs of its own accord in a given locality, to be contrasted with a species introduced by humans.
 * 2)  Pertaining to the system or architecture in question.
 * 3)   Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
 * 4) Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
 * 5) Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
 * 6) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
 * 1)   Occurring naturally in its pure or uncombined form.
 * 2) Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
 * 3) Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
 * 4) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
 * 1) Arising by birth; having an origin; born.
 * 2) Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
 * 3) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
 * 1) Original; constituting the original substance of anything.
 * 2) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
 * 1) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).
 * 1) Naturally related; cognate; connected (with).

Synonyms

 * , ; See also Thesaurus:innate
 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:native

Antonyms

 * ,, ; See also Thesaurus:foreign

Translations

 * Albanian: amëtar
 * Armenian: ,
 * Assamese: থলুৱা
 * Belarusian: ро́дны
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: moeder-, geboorte-,
 * Esperanto: denaska
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:, … születésű, ,  ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: indiges
 * Macedonian: роден
 * Maltese: nattiv
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, de la naștere,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: староседеоц, са̏мородан, рођени
 * Roman:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian: рі́дний


 * Albanian:
 * Assamese: থলুৱা
 * Belarusian: карэ́нны, тузе́мны, тубы́льны, тубы́льчы
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:, , , geboren en getogen
 * Esperanto: indiĝena
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: მკვიდრი, ადგილობრივი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: αὐτόχθων
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: indiges, indigenus
 * Macedonian: мајчин, роден
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: innfødt
 * Old English: inlende, inlendisc
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, originară
 * Russian: ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: староседеоц, са̏мородан
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Tagalog:
 * Ukrainian: корінни́й, тубі́льний


 * Finnish: ,


 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: أَصْلِيّ
 * Assamese: থলুৱা
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:, , ,  ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 토산-의
 * Macedonian: местен
 * Old English: inlende, inlendisc
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:


 * Albanian:
 * Assamese: থলুৱা
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hjemmehørende
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: gnèitheach


 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:


 * German:

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.  aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia.
 * 3) A native speaker.
 * , a kind of oyster.
 * 1) A native speaker.
 * , a kind of oyster.
 * , a kind of oyster.

Usage notes

 * In North America, / came into use as an umbrella term for the indigenous inhabitants of America as began to fall out of formal usage (because it originated from Columbus's mistaken belief that he was in India and the people he encountered were Indians). Other designations include, , and . In Canada, the terms include  and  and the adjectives /.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 當地人,
 * Czech:, rodák
 * Dutch:, ;
 * Esperanto: indiĝeno
 * Finnish: paikallinen asukas,
 * German:, , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Korean: 현지인(現地人),
 * Latin: indigena
 * Macedonian: домо́родец
 * Malayalam: ,
 * Manx: dooghyssagh, çheeragh, fer dooie, ben ghooie
 * Maori: tangata whenua
 * Old English: inlenda
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ;
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , , , , коренна́я жи́тельница, ; , , ,
 * Scots: hamespun
 * Spanish:
 * Tok Pisin: kanaka


 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 土著人,
 * Finnish:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: indigena
 * Macedonian: домо́родец
 * Persian:
 * Russian: ,