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natural

/ˈnætʃəəl/NA-chur-uhl
/ˈnætʃɚəl/NA-chur-uhl

Meaningby birth; inborn

Common meaning: found in nature rather than made by people

Journey through time

  1. Latinnāscor, nātus‘to be born’
  2. Frenchnature
  3. Englishnatural‘found in nature rather than made by people’ · today

nat also in: nationnativenatureinnatenascent

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin nāscor ‘to be born’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry nāscor, p. 1187 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

innatenascentnationnativenaturerenaissance

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