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Plural of native

regular plural

The plural of native is natives.

Forms of native

Singularnative /ˈneɪtɪv/
Pluralnatives /ˈneɪtɪvz/
Countablecountable

Natives in a sentence

  • Mail trains are limited to first and second class passengers, but on the mixed trains third class is also provided, and this is patronised exclusively by natives.1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 640
  • As for the wars between natives and settlers, far from having “ceased,” they would continue well into the twentieth century, and over much the same things that had always sparked them—trade, land, and settler arrogance.2013, James Ciment, Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It, Hill and Wang, →ISBN, page 72
  • The various intermixings of natives, immigrants, and tourists gave the city a cosmopolitan air.From the entry intermixing
  • When he immigrated he changed his name to the anglicised form so the natives could pronounce it correctly.From the entry anglicised
  • The Reptilian army quickly overwelled the natives and took the small planet as their own.2022, C. L. Frazier, Galaxies: Farewell Earth. From the entry overwell

Meaning of native

  1. adjective Belonging to one by birth or ancestry.
  2. adjective Characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from prehistoric times.
  3. adjective Born or grown in the region in which it lives or is found; not foreign or imported.

Full definition of native

Questions about the plural of native

What is the plural of native?
The plural of native is natives.
Is native countable?
Native is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: native (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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