native

adjective
na·tive
/ˈneɪtɪv/

Belonging to one by birth.

Example

“This is my native land.”

Other meanings

Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
“Many native artists studied abroad.”
of or relating to the native inhabitants of the Americas, or of Australia.

Related words

nativar
nativehen
nativelike
natively
nativeness
nativism
nativist
nativize
seminative
unnative
cloud-native
native loquat

Example sentences

“Are you sure he's a native speaker?”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0
“I am a native speaker of the penguin language.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Latin "nātīvus".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “native” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.