Meaning

5 senses
  1. A person who is native to a place; a person who was born in a place.

    Ureinwohner, Ureinwohnerin, Eingeborener

    уроже́нецurožénec, уроже́нкаurožénka, ме́стныйméstnyj

    an indigenous person who was born in a particular place

  2. A person of aboriginal descent, as distinguished from a person who was or whose ancestors were foreigners or settlers/colonizers. Alternative letter-case form of Native (aboriginal inhabitant of the Americas or Australia).

    абориге́нaborigén, абориге́нкаaborigénka, тузе́мецtuzémec

  3. A native speaker.

  4. A native plant or animal.

  5. An oyster of species Ostrea edulis.

Examples

1305 sentences
  1. English is not my native language.

    Англійська - не рідна мені мова. — sadxaka

    ruАнглийский — не родной мне язык. — Hellerick

    deEnglisch ist nicht meine Muttersprache. — MUIRIEL

  2. He speaks English like a native.

    Він говорить англійською як рідною мовою. — deniko

    ruОн говорит по-английски как носитель языка. — odexed

    deEr spricht Englisch wie ein Muttersprachler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. He returned to his native village.

    Він повернувся до рідного села. — deniko

    ruОн вернулся в родную деревню. — fjay69

  4. I thought that Tom was a native speaker.

    Я думав, Том — носій мови. — deniko

    deIch hielt Tom für einen Muttersprachler. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I studied English for four years with a native speaker.

    Я вчив англiйску чотири роки з носiєм мови. — sinichka

    ruЯ четыре года изучал английский с носителем языка. — marafon

    deIch lernte vier Jahre mit einem Muttersprachler Englisch. — moskbnea

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
person who is native to a place:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person who is native to a place:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus

Inherited from Middle English natif, from Old French natif, from Latin nātīvus, from nātus (“birth”). Doublet of naive and neif. Displaced native Middle English thedisch, equivalent to (puristic) theed + -ish. By surface analysis, Latin nat- + -ive.

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Forms

plural: natives
Singularnative
Pluralnatives

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • a native speaker
  • native speaker
  • like a native
  • native language
  • is a native
  • with a native
  • with native speakers
  • native speaker of
  • native speaker would
  • his native language
  • native language is
  • non native

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
native — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto