natal
/ˈneɪtəl/
natal adjective: of or relating to birth.
Adjective (1)
natal
- Of or relating to birth.
- Sea turtles return to their natal beaches to nest.
- The constituents of the nation are a land and a people: the "natal", which is not necessarily innate, and the "popular," which is not necessarily pregiven.1987, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, page 456
Adjective (2)
natal (comparative more natal, superlative most natal)
- Of or relating to the buttocks.
Proper noun capitalized: Natal
Natal
- A former British colony in modern South Africa, existing from 1843 to 1910.
- A former province of South Africa, reorganized in 1994 into the modern province of KwaZulu-Natal.
- A municipality, the state capital of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
natal meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
natal in Hindi
- नताल
natal in Tamil
- பிறப்பு சார்
natal in Urdu
- پیدائشی, ولادت سے متعلق
natal in Bengali
- জন্মসংক্রান্ত, জন্মগত, সহজাত
More languagesFewer languages
- natal in Telugu
- నాటల్
- natal in Malayalam
- ജനനാലുളള, ജനനം മുതൽക്കുളള, ജന്മവിഷയകമായ
- natal in Kannada
- ಜನ್ಮಜಾತ, ಜನ್ಮಸಂಬಂಧಿ, ಜನನ ಸಂಬಂಧಿ, ಹುಟ್ಟಿನ
- natal in Odia
- ଜନ୍ମଗତ
- natal in Nepali
- नटाल, नताल
Forms of natal
| comparative | more natal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most natal |
Origin of 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.
Words formed from natal
Phrases with natal
- Natal boil
- natal days
- Natal plum
- Natal boils
- Natal plums
- Natal robin
- Natal browns
- natal charts
- natal clefts
- Natal orange
- Natal robins
- Natal oranges
2 more phrasesFewer phrases
Words that rhyme with natal
Questions about natal
- What does natal mean?
- Natal means of or relating to birth.
- What is natal in Hindi?
- Natal in Hindi is नताल. See Natal meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is natal?
- Natal can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce natal?
- Natal is pronounced /ˈneɪtəl/.
Words near natal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: natal (page history and authors); Natal (page history and authors); natal (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); natal (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); natal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); natal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); natal (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); natal (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); natal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); natal (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); natal (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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