• Dutch: autochtoon

• Dutch: autochtoon, inwoner
• Finnish: paikallinen asukas

• Dutch: inboorling,
• Finnish: alkuasukas

• ttbc Portuguese: nativo
• ttbc Romanian: băştinaş

See also

• native cat
• nativity
• nativization

French

Adjective

1. Form of feminine, natif

Italian

Adjective

native

1. Feminine plural form of nativo

Noun

native

1. Plural of nativa

Romanian

Pronunciation

Adjective

native

The term "native" can have many different social and political connotations, in different contexts. In some cases it is a neutral, descriptive term - as in stating that one is a native of a particular city or that a certain language is one's native language. However, in the context of colonialism - in particular, British colonialism - the term "natives", as applied to the inhabitants of colonies, assumed a disparaging and patronising sense, implying that the people concerned were incapable of taking care of themselves and in need of Europeans to administer their lives; therefore, these people resent the use of the term and consider it insulting, and at present Europeans usually avoid using it. Conversely, the original inhabitants of America - who during the process of being conquered and dispossessed were usually not called "natives" but "Indians" or "Red Indians" - have adopted at their own initiative the appellation "Native Americans", and bear it with pride. And in the context of Nativism, in some periods a potent political force, "natives" are defined as a (predominantly white) group deserving of a special privileged position in comparison to immigrants.

"Native" may also refer to:

• Native (comics), a character in the X-Men comics universe
• Native (band), a contemporary French R&B band
• Illegal tax-free cigarettes, generally grown and sold on Native Reserves.
• Native metal

Nationality and language

• Native language and native speaker (as opposed to foreign language and non-native speaker)
• Native born (as opposed to foreign born)

Computing

• In computing, software has a native mode when it is written for a specific processor (see native on Wiktionary).
• Native (processing), a CPU processing system
• In computing, an application has a Native format - its default method of storing data in files

See also

• Native Speaker, a book by Chang-rae Lee
• Native Language Music, a record label
• Indigenous (ecology), species present by nature, not introduced
• Indigenous peoples, sometimes referred to as "natives"
• Nativism (disambiguation)

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