nativo

Italian

Alternative forms

• natio (literary, poetic)

Etymology

From Latin nātīvus. Doublet of naïf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: na‧tì‧vo

Adjective

nativo (feminine nativa, masculine plural nativi, feminine plural native)

1. native

Derived terms

• nativamente

Noun

nativo m (plural nativi, feminine nativa)

1. native (of a place)

Further reading

• nativo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• nativo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• nativo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• natìvo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• nativo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• nativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Novati, avinto, notavi, novità, tonavi, vanito, vinato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /naːˈtiː.u̯oː/, [näːˈt̪iːu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /naˈti.vo/, [näˈt̪iːvo]

Adjective

nātīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nātīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nātīvus. Doublet of nadivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /naˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɐˈti.bu/ [nɐˈti.βu]

• Rhymes: -ivu
• Hyphenation: na‧ti‧vo

Adjective

nativo (feminine nativa, masculine plural nativos, feminine plural nativas)

1. nativo (belonging or relating to someone by birth)
2. native (relating to the people who originally inhabited a region)

   Synonym: aborígene

3. (computing) native (written to run on a particular processor)

Noun

nativo m (plural nativos, feminine nativa, feminine plural nativas)

1. native (person who is native to a place)

   Synonym: aborígene

Further reading

• “nativo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “nativo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “nativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “nativo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “nativo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “nativo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nātīvus. Doublet of natío.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naˈtibo/ [naˈt̪i.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: na‧ti‧vo

Adjective

nativo (feminine nativa, masculine plural nativos, feminine plural nativas)

1. native

Derived terms

• hablante nativo

 

Noun

nativo m (plural nativos, feminine nativa, feminine plural nativas)

1. native of a place

Derived terms

• nativa americana
• nativo americano

 

Further reading

• “nativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10