nato

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English

Etymology

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Noun

nato (countable and uncountable, plural natos)

1. (countable) A tree of the genus Mora
2. (uncountable) The wood of such trees

Anagrams

• NOTA, anot, nota, tona

Czech

Etymology

na +‎ to

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnato]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: na‧to

Adverb

nato (not comparable)

1. afterwards, subsequently

   Synonym: potom

   Antonym: předtím

See also

• později

Further reading

• “nato”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nato”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “nato”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑ̝t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Hyphenation^(key): na‧to

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *nato, from Proto-Uralic *nataw.

Noun

nato (archaic)

1. sister-in-law of a woman (husband's sister)

Declension

See also

• kyty

References

Further reading

• “nato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• Nato, NATO

Noun

nato (rare)

1. Alternative letter-case form of NATO

Declension

Derived terms

Anagrams

• anot, anto, otan, tano, taon, tona

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nato. Cognates include Finnish nato and Estonian nadu.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑto̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑd̥o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Hyphenation: na‧to

Noun

nato

1. sister-in-law (one's husband's or wife's sister)

Declension

Coordinate terms

• kyty (“one's husband's brother”)
• näälä (“one's wife's brother”)
• käly, minni (“one's brother's wife”)

Derived terms

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 332

Istriot

Etymology

From Latin nātus.

Adjective

nato

1. born

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: nà‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin nātus, from earlier gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“begotten, produced”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”).

Participle

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural nati, feminine plural nate)

1. past participle of nascere; born

Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural nati, feminine plural nate)

1. born (also used in combination)
2. né

Related terms

• natale
• nativo
• natura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nato

1. first-person singular present indicative of natare

Anagrams

• OTAN, anto-, nota, onta, tona

Latin

Etymology 1

Frequentative of nō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈna.toː/, [ˈnät̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.to/, [ˈnäːt̪o]

Verb

natō (present infinitive natāre, perfect active natāvī, supine natātum); first conjugation

1. to swim, float

2. (figuratively) (especially of the eyes) to swim (as when drunken or dying); to be feeble, failing; to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain, unsteady; to move to and fro, not stand still
3. to stream, flow

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Gallurese: natà
  • Italian: natare (archaic)
  • Neapolitan: natare
  • Sassarese: nadà, annadai
  • Sicilian: natari
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: nadai, anatare, nadare, natare
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: nadâ
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: nadar
    • Catalan: nedar, nadar (Western)
  • Occitan: nadar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: nadar
  • Asturian: nadar, ñadar
  • Extremaduran: nadal
  • Galician: nadar
  • Portuguese: nadar
  • Spanish: nadar

Reflexes of an assumed variant *nŏtāre: (cf. the prefixed ⟨transnotare⟩ in the Reichenau Glossary)

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: (a)nutari
  • Romanian: (î)nota
  • → Albanian: notoj
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: nutà
  • Italian: nuotare, notare (archaic)
  • Gallurese: nutà, nudà
  • Sassarese: nudà
• North Italian:
  • Ligurian: nuâ
  • Piedmontese: nuvé
  • Romansch: nudar, nuder, nodar
  • Venetan: noar, nuar, nodar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: noar
  • Old French: noer
  • Occitan: nodar (northern)

Further reading

• “nato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nato”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nato in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.

Etymology 2

See natus, nascor

Participle

nātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nātus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nātus. Doublet of nado.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: NATO
• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: na‧to

Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural natos, feminine plural natas)

1. (of a person) born (having a character or quality from birth)

   Synonym: (also applies to physical properties.) de nascença

2. (of a person’s character or quality) innate (present from birth)

   Synonyms: inato, natural, (also applies to physical properties) de nascença

3. (with a demonym) born in a place (often implying strong identification with the location or local culture)

4. (citizenship law, specifically) by birth (having a nationality due to being born in the country)

   Antonym: naturalizado

See also

• dom

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnato/ [ˈna.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: na‧to

Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural natos, feminine plural natas)

1. born

Related terms

Further reading

• “nato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nato.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑto]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Hyphenation: na‧to

Noun

nato

1. sister-in-law (sister of one's husband)

Inflection

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “nato”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn