"natural" in seven languages
Meaningnatural
Spanish
natural
/natuˈɾal/
learned
French
naturel
/natyʁɛl/
learned
fem.: naturelle
Italian
naturale
/natuˈrale/
learned
Portuguese
natural
/natuˈɾaw/
learned
Romanian
natural
/natuˈral/
learned
Catalan
natural
/nətuˈɾal/
learned
English
natural
/ˈnætʃɚəl/
from Latin/French · Old French naturel / Latin NĀTŪRĀLIS
English → ItaliannaturalnaturaleCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
NĀTŪRĀLEM‘by birth, natural (from NĀTŪRA)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
NĀTŪRA is 'what one is born with', from NĀSCĪ 'to be born' — the same root as nacer, naître, nascere. Watch French: un yaourt nature is plain yoghurt.
English relatives: nature, natural, native, nation
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In a sentence
- esEs natural estar nervioso.
- frC'est naturel d'être nerveux.
- itÈ naturale essere nervosi.
- ptÉ natural ficar nervoso.
- roE natural să fii emoționat.
- caÉs natural estar nerviós.
- enIt's natural to be nervous.
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