adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to birth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Sea turtles return to their natal beaches to nest.
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
natal
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/ˈneɪtəl/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -eɪtəl
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CMU ARPABET: N EY1 T AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: N AH0 T AA1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to the buttocks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences, zoology
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name
Meaning 3
A former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 4
A former province of South Africa, reorganized in 1994 into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Meaning 5
A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 6
relating to or accompanying birth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- natal injuries
- natal day
- natal influences
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adjective
Meaning 7
of or relating to the buttocks
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 8
a port city in northeastern Brazil
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: city, metropolis, urban center, port
noun
Meaning 9
a region of eastern South Africa on the Indian Ocean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Natal was renamed KwaZulu-Natal in 1994
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: KwaZulu-Natal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h1tós Proto-Italic *gnātos Latin gnātus Latin nātus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin nātālisbor. Middle English natal English natal From Middle English natal, natale (“native, one’s own; inherited; presiding over birthdays or births”), from Classical Latin nātālis (“natal”), from nātus, perfect active participle of nāscor (“to be born”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1-. Doublet of nada, Natal, née, and Noel.
From Classical Latin natis (“rump”) + -al.
From Portuguese Natal (“Christmas”), because the region in South Africa was discovered by the Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama on Christmas Day, 1497. Doublet of nada, natal, née, and Noel.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: родилен (rodilen) — of or relating to birth
- Finnish: syntymä- — of or relating to birth
- French: natal — of or relating to birth
- Polish: urodzeniowy — of or relating to birth
- Portuguese: natal — of or relating to birth
- Romanian: natal — of or relating to birth
- Romanian: de naștere — of or relating to birth
- Spanish: natal — of or relating to birth
- Bulgarian: седалищен (sedališten) — of or relating to the buttocks
- Esperanto: puga — of or relating to the buttocks
- Polish: pośladkowy — of or relating to the buttocks
- Chinese Mandarin: 納塔爾 /纳塔尔 — former British colony
- Korean: 나탈 (natal) — former British colony
- Lithuanian: Natalis — former British colony
- Marathi: नाताल (nātāl) — former British colony
- Portuguese: Natal — former British colony
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