"nature" in seven languages
Meaningnature
Spanish
naturaleza
/natuɾaˈleθa/
fem.learned
Built on the adjective natural with the suffix -eza.
French
nature
/natyʁ/
fem.learned
Italian
natura
/naˈtura/
fem.learned
Portuguese
natureza
/natuˈɾezɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
natură
/naˈturə/
fem.learned
Catalan
natura
/nəˈtuɾə/
fem.learned
English
nature
/ˈneɪtʃɚ/
from Latin/French · Old French nature, from Latin
English → ItaliannaturenaturaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
NĀTŪRAM‘birth, inborn character, nature (NĀSCĪ 'to be born')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Nature is 'what is being born', from NĀSCĪ. French and Italian kept the Latin noun; Spanish prefers the longer naturaleza and leaves natura to poetry.
English relatives: natural, native, nation, innate
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In a sentence
- esMe encanta pasear por la naturaleza.
- frJ'adore me promener dans la nature.
- itAdoro passeggiare nella natura.
- ptAdoro passear na natureza.
- roÎmi place să mă plimb în natură.
- caM'encanta passejar per la natura.
- enI love walking in nature.