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native ['neɪtɪv]1 noun∎ I'm a native of Portland je suis originaire de Portland, je suis né à Portland;∎ she's a native of Belgium elle est belge de naissance, elle est née en Belgique;∎ she speaks English like a native elle parle anglais comme si c'était sa langue maternelle ou comme les Anglais;(c) Botany (plant) plante f indigène; Zoology (animal) animal m indigène; (species) espèce f indigène;∎ this plant/animal is a native of southern Europe c'est une plante/un animal indigène au sud de l'Europe∎ our native soil or clay notre sol natal;∎ his native London Londres, sa ville natale;∎ he always writes in his native Russian il écrit toujours en russe, sa langue maternelle(b) (by birth) natif(c) (indigenous → resources) du pays; (→ tribe, customs, labour) indigène; (→ costume) du pays, national;∎ to go native adopter les us et coutumes locaux(d) (innate → ability, attraction) inné, naturel∎ native to India originaire de l'Inde►► Native American Indien(enne) m,f d'Amérique, Amérindien(enne) m,f;Native Australian aborigène mf;Australian native bear koala m;native Indians Indiens mpl de naissance ou de souche;native land pays m natal;native son enfant m du pays;∎ Portland honours its native sons Portland rend hommage à ses enfants;Linguistics native speaker locuteur(trice) m,f natif(ive);∎ a native speaker of Polish, a Polish native speaker une personne de langue maternelle polonaise;∎ a native speaker of French/German, a French/German native speaker un francophone/germanophone, une personne de langue maternelle française/allemande;∎ I'm not a native speaker ce n'est pas ma langue maternelle;native wit esprit m naturel -
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native [ˈneɪtɪv]1. adjectivea. ( = original) [country] natal ; [language] maternelb. [talent, ability] innéc. [plant, animal] indigène2. noun( = person) autochtone mf3. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Aux États-Unis, l'expression Native Americans désigne les populations autochtones, par opposition aux Américains d'origine européenne, africaine ou asiatique. On peut aussi parler d'« American Indian » (Indien d'Amérique), mais l'on évite les dénominations « Red Indian » ou « redskin » (Peau-Rouge), considérées comme méprisantes ou insultantes.* * *['neɪtɪv] 1.2.to be a native of — [person, plant] être originaire de
1) ( original) [land] natal; [tongue] maternel/-ellenative German speaker — personne f de langue maternelle allemande
2) Botany, Zoology indigèneto go native — hum adopter les coutumes locales
3) [cunning] inné; [wit] naturel/-elle
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