native-born

English

Etymology

From native +‎ born.

Adjective

native-born (not comparable)

1. Being a native and inhabitant of the same place; living where one was born.
2. Born in the country of citizenship.

Noun

native-born (plural native-borns)

1. A person who was born in the country of their citizenship.
2. A person who was born as a citizen of a specified country.

Antonyms

• naturalized

Translations

native-born

• Bulgarian: местен (bg) (mesten), туземен (bg) (tuzemen)
• Danish: indfødt
• Faroese: innføddur
• Finnish: syntyperäinen (fi)
• Icelandic: innfæddur
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innfødt

  Nynorsk: innfødd

• Swedish: infödd (sv)

See also

• natural-born

References

• “native-born”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.