l adjective
1.
of or pertaining to a person's birth: celebrating one's natal day.
2.
presiding over or affecting a person at birth: natal influences.
3.
(of places) native: nostalgia for one's natal town.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin nātālis of, belonging to one's birth, natal, equivalent to nāt(us) an offspring (variant of gnātus, past participle of nāscī to be born) + -ālis -al1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin nātālis of, belonging to one's birth, natal, equivalent to nāt(us) an offspring (variant of gnātus, past participle of nāscī to be born) + -ālis -al1
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natal1 (ˈneɪtəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of or relating to birth |
| 2. | a rare word for native : natal instincts |
| [C14: from Latin nātālis of one's birth, from nātus, from nascī to be born] | |
| natal2 (ˈneɪtəl) | |
| —adj | |
| anatomy of or relating to the buttocks | |
| [from New Latin nates buttocks] | |
| Natal | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a former province of E South Africa, between the Drakensberg and the Indian Ocean: set up as a republic by the Boers in 1838; became a British colony in 1843; joined South Africa in 1910; replaced by KwaZulu-Natal in 1994. Capital: Pietermaritzburg |
| 2. | a port in NE Brazil, capital of Rio Grande do Norte state, near the mouth of the Potengi River. Pop: 1 049 000 (2005 est) |
| Rio Grande do Norte (Portuguese ˈriu ˈɡrəndi du ˈnɔrti) | |
| —n | |
| a state of NE Brazil, on the Atlantic: much of it is semiarid plateau. Capital: Natal. Pop: 2 852 784 (2002). Area: 53 014 sq km (20 469 sq miles) | |
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Word Origin & History
natal
late 14c., from L. natalis "pertaining to birth or origin," from natus, pp. of nasci "to be born" (Old L. gnasci; see genus).
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natal na·tal (nāt'l)
adj.
Of, relating to, or accompanying birth.
Of or relating to the buttocks.
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