"native (by birth)" in seven languages
Meaningnative (by birth)
Spanish
nativo
/naˈtibo/
learned
French
natif
/natif/
learned
fem.: native
Locuteur natif is the standard phrase for a native speaker.
Italian
nativo
/naˈtivo/
learned
For a native speaker Italians usually say madrelingua.
Portuguese
nativo
/naˈtʃivu/
learned
Romanian
nativ
/naˈtiv/
learned
Catalan
natiu
/nəˈtiw/
learned
English
native
/ˈneɪtɪv/
from Latin/French · Latin NĀTĪVUS, partly via French
English → Italiannative (by birth)nativoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
NĀTĪVUM‘inborn, native (NĀSCĪ 'to be born')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
French has the inherited twin too: naïf 'naive', literally 'as one was born'. English borrowed both: native and naive.
English relatives: nation, nature, naive, innate
Learn it
In a sentence
- esEs hablante nativa de español.
- frC'est une locutrice native d'espagnol.
- itÈ madrelingua spagnola.
- ptEla é falante nativa de espanhol.
- roEste vorbitoare nativă de spaniolă.
- caÉs parlant nativa d'espanyol.
- enShe's a native speaker of Spanish.
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