natch

adv. Slang.

Of course; naturally.

[Shortening and alteration of NATURALLY.]

Natch is one of those snarky little words that come in so handy when you want to be, well — snarky (as New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd so often does when writing about the Bush crowd). Even if you don't, it's useful to know that it's short for "naturally":

"The move against Iran allows the president and Dick Cheney — who was, natch, militating for the Surge..."

Link: A Risky Game of Risk - New York Times

Posted January 18, 2007.

See our Word Overheard blog to see interesting uses of strange words.

Dansk (Danish)
adv. - naturligvis

Nederlands (Dutch)
'tuurlijk!', vanzelfsprekend

Français (French)
adv. - (US) naturellement

Deutsch (German)
adv. - (ugs.) logisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - φυσικά

Italiano (Italian)
naturalmente

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - naturalmente

Русский (Russian)
конечно

Español (Spanish)
adv. - naturalmente, por supuesto, desde luego

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - naturally
adv. - så klart, förstås

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
自然地, 当然地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 自然地, 當然地

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 당연히

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - もちろん
adv. - あったりまえよ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) بالطبع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮כמובן, ודאי‬

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