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1. In many of its meanings, native is uncontroversial: native speaker, native of Liverpool, native oak are typical examples of uneventful usage. The danger signals start to sound when the word is used to mean 'an original inhabitant of a country', because of the notions of cultural inferiority that the word conveys. A writer called J. C. Furnan, writing in 1950 and quoted in the Old English (up to 1150)D, typified the stereotype implicit in native usually as follows: greedy for beads...and alcoholic drinks. Suspect of cannibalism. Addicted to drumbeating and lewd dancing. More or less naked. Sporadically treacherous. Probably polygamous and simultaneously promiscuous. Picturesque. Comic when trying to speak English or otherwise ape white ways. In uses that are clearly humorous, there is less objection to native: New York in the summer was too hot even for the natives. Otherwise, it is better to use more neutral terms such as aboriginal or original inhabitant.

2. The adjective is less pejorative. The indigenous peoples of North America have been called Native Americans since the 1950s without causing offence, and this term is preferable to American Indians.

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(1) The normal running mode of a computer, executing programs from its built-in instruction set. Contrast with emulation mode. See native language.

(2) The highest performance state of a computer. For example, in the early days of the PC when 16-bit applications were common, running in 32-bit, 386 Protected Mode was the x86 chip's native mode.

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adjective

1. Possessed at birth: congenital, hereditary, inborn, inherited, innate. See be, native/foreign.
2. Forming an essential element, as arising from the basic structure of an individual: built-in, congenital, connatural, constitutional, elemental, inborn, inbred, indigenous, indwelling, ingrained, inherent, innate, intrinsic, natural. See be, native/foreign, start/end.
3. Of, from, or within a country's own territory: domestic, home, internal, national. See native/foreign.
4. Existing, born, or produced in a land or region: aboriginal, autochthonal, autochthonic, autochthonous, endemic, indigenous. See native/foreign.
5. In a primitive state; not domesticated or cultivated; produced by nature: natural, rough, uncultivated, undomesticated, untamed, wild. See wild/tame.
6. In a natural state and still not prepared for use: crude, raw, unprocessed, unrefined. See clean/dirty.

adj

Definition: domestic, home
Antonyms: alien, foreign, immigrant, imported, outside

adj

Definition: innate, inherent
Antonyms: acquired, learned

n

Definition: person born in that country
Antonyms: alien, foreigner, immigrant, stranger

A plant that grows naturally in a particular region and was not introduced from some other area.

Uncombined with other elements; native metals are those found as minerals, such as gold, silver, and copper.

IN BRIEF: Belonging to a particular place or country.

My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor. — Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), Scottish poet & novelist, from Rob Roy. 1817, Chap. xxxiv.

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(of a biopolymer) undenatured, i.e. having the structure and biological activity possessed in living material.

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1. indigenous.
2. in the veterinary context, wild, unimproved, not cultivated. The listed plants were named native in their Australian context.

• n. birdsfoot trefoil — lotus australis.
• n. candy tuft — zieria laevigata.
• n. couch — brachyachne convergens.
• n. fuchsia — eremophila maculata.
• n. indigo — indigofera australis.
• n. leek — bulbine semibarbata.
• n. lily — diplarrena moraea.
• n. loquat — see rhodomyrtus macrocarpa.
• n. millet — see panicum decompositum.
• n. mint — mentha australis.
• n. pennyroyal — mentha satureoides.
• n. thornapple — datura leichhardtii.
• n. tobacco — nicotiana debneyi, N. suaveolens, N. megalosiphon.
• n. tulip — homeria flaccida.
• n. verbine — psoralea patens.
• n. willow — see acacia salicina.

For a list of words related to native, see:

• Plants and Plant Parts - native: plant indigenous to region
• Vulgar, Rude, Degenerate, or Wild

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - indfødt
adj. - føde-, hjem-, hjemlig, national, medfødt, naturlig, ren, ublandet

idioms:

• go native    begynde at leve som en indfødt
• Native American    Indianer, oprindelig indbygger
• native city    hjemby
• native land    fædreland
• native speaker    have sproget som modersmål

Nederlands (Dutch)
inboorling, inheemse, inwoner, kleurling, autochtoon, inlands, aangeboren, natuurlijk, geboorte-, gedegen, met bepaalde taal als moedertaal

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Bot, Zool) natif, (Anthrop) indigène, autochtone (péj)
adj. - natal, maternel, (Anthrop, Bot, Zool) indigène, inné, naturel, du pays

idioms:

• go native    adopter les coutumes locales
• Native American    Amérindien
• native city    ville natale
• native land    pays natal
• native speaker    locuteur natif, (être) de langue maternelle

Deutsch (German)
n. - Einheimischer, Eingeborener, einheimisches Tier, einheimische Pflanze
adj. - einheimisch, inländisch, eingeboren, angeboren, Geburts-

idioms:

• go native    die Lebensweise der Einheimischen annehmen
• Native American    am. Indianer
• native city    Geburtsstadt
• native land    Heimatland
• native speaker    Muttersprachler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αυτόχθων, ντόπιος, ιθαγενής, γέννημα-θρέμμα
adj. - αυτόχθων, γηγενής, ντόπιος, ιθαγενής, γενέθλιος, μητρικός, έμφυτος, φυσικός, εγχώριος, τοπικός

idioms:

• go native    παίρνω/αποκτώ τις συνήθειες του τόπου
• Native American    ερυθρόδερμος
• native city    γενέθλια πόλη
• native land    γενέτειρα (γη)
• native speaker    άτομο που έχει σαν πρώτη γλώσσα (π.χ. την αγγλική, τη γλώσσα του τόπου)

Italiano (Italian)
indigeno

idioms:

• go native    vivere da indigeno
• Native American    pellerossa
• native land    patria
• native speaker    di lingua materna

Português (Portuguese)
n. - nativo (m)
adj. - natural

idioms:

• go native    viver como os indígenas
• Native American    uma pessoa nascida nos Estados Unidos, Índios
• native land    terra natal
• native speaker    nativo

Русский (Russian)
уроженец, туземец, родной, местный

idioms:

• go native    принять местные обычаи
• Native American    индеец
• native land    родина
• native speaker    тот, для кого данный язык является родным

Español (Spanish)
n. - nativo, indígena, natural, autóctono
adj. - nativo, indígena, natural, autóctono, del país

idioms:

• go native    vivir como los indígenas, adoptar las costumbres de los nativos
• Native American    indio americano
• native city    ciudad natal
• native land    patria, país de origen
• native speaker    una persona que habla un idioma desde su temprana infancia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - inföding, infödd, tillhörande (ursprungs)befolkning, (odlat) ostron, inhemskt djur/växt
adj. - födelse-, foster-, hembygds-, medfödd, infödd, inhemsk, naturlig, ren, gedigen (geol. o. miner.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
本地人, 土人, 土产, 本国的, 自然的, 与生俱来的

idioms:

• go native    为当地人所同化
• Native American    印第安人, 印第安人的, 印第安族的
• native city    出生的城市
• native land    祖国
• native speaker    说本族语的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 本地人, 土人, 土產
adj. - 本國的, 自然的, 與生俱來的

idioms:

• go native    為當地人所同化
• Native American    印第安人, 印第安人的, 印第安族的
• native city    出生的城市
• native land    祖國
• native speaker    說母語的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 원주민, 미개인
adj. - 토착민의, 출생적인, (광물이)천연 그대로의

idioms:

• go native    원주민과 같은 생활을 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 出生地の, 生まれつきの, 自然のままの, 素朴な, 固有の, 特有の, 土着の, 原住民の
n. - 生まれの人, 原住民, 土着の動物

idioms:

• go native    現地人と同じ生活をする
• Native American    アメリカインディアン
• native city    生まれた町
• native land    生まれた国
• native speaker    ネーティブスピーカー

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ابن البلد, احد السكان الوطنيين (صفه) قطري, ذو علاقه بموطن معين, قومي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יליד, בן המקום, תושב, מי שגדל במקום, אדם לבן יליד אוסטרליה, חיה או צמח הגדלים במקום מסוים‬
adj. - ‮מקומי, של ילידים, פשוט, לא-מתוחכם, של מולדת, מזכות מלידה, מלידה, טבעי, נמצא בטבע במצב טהור (מחצב), טבוע מלידה‬

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