also: ネイティヴ · ネーティブ · ネーティヴ · ネイチブ
native; indigenous
Used as an adjectival noun or noun to describe something or someone native to a place, language, or environment. Often used in contexts like ネイティブな発音 (native pronunciation) or ネイティブの植物 (native plants).
彼女はネイティブな英語を話す。
She speaks native English.
He's a native speaker of English, so his pronunciation is clean.
この地域のネイティブな植物を調べている。
I'm researching the native plants of this region.
Abbreviation of ネイティブスピーカー. Commonly used in language learning contexts to refer to a native speaker of a language.
See also: ネイティブスピーカー
英会話のクラスにはネイティブの先生がいる。
There is a native-speaker teacher in the English conversation class.
ネイティブと話す機会がなかなかない。
I rarely have a chance to speak with a native speaker.
彼女はネイティブ並みの発音で英語を話す。
She speaks English with pronunciation on par with a native speaker.
I was taught the trick to pronunciation by a native speaker.
Even native speakers sometimes get the usage of this word wrong.
外来 describes something introduced from abroad, the opposite of ネイティブ (native/indigenous) in phrases like 外来種 vs ネイティブの植物.
ナイーブ (naive, innocent) sounds similar to ネイティブ (native) but means something completely different, so learners often mix up the two loanwords.
native support
smartphone native; person who grew up with smartphones
native mode
digital native
native support
native check; native speaker review
native compiler
native speaker
native language
Most common katakana spelling for this loanword.
Alternative spelling reflecting the English 'v' sound; less common but seen.
Variant with long vowel; rarely used.
Loanword from English 'native'.
native format