au naturel
Of a person: not wearing makeup and with one's natural hair colourIn a natural state; without any artificial change; natural; also, done in a way to appear natural.: Of a person: not wearing makeup and with one's natural hair colour.
Meaning
4 sensesIn a natural state; without any artificial change; natural; also, done in a way to appear natural.
(not comparable)Of a person: not wearing makeup and with one's natural hair colour.
This is my au naturel look. How do you like it?
(not comparable)Of a person (especially a woman): having untrimmed pubic hair.
She prefers to keep her private parts au naturel.
(not comparable)Of food: prepared or served raw or very simply cooked.
(humorous, not comparable, sometimes)Of a person: in a state of not wearing clothes; in the nude, naked.
Bella was au naturel for that photo session.
- having no clothes on the body
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French au naturel (“in the natural state; cooked plainly”), fromUnadapted borrowing from French au naturel (“in the natural state; cooked plainly”), from au (“at the; in the; to the”) + naturel (“natural”) (ultimately borrowed from Latin nātūrālis (“of or relating to nature”), from nātūra (“natural world, nature”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). Nātūra is derived from nāscor (“to be born; to grow, spring forth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)) + -tūra (suffix forming action nouns denoting activities or their results).
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