nato

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nato (countable and uncountable, plural natos)

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

• anot, nota, tona

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

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

nato

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

• kyty

From NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

• Nato, NATO

nato

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of NATO.

• natolanka

• anot, anto, otan, tano, taon, tona

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

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

nato

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

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

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

From Latin nātus.

nato

1. born

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

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”).

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

1. past participle of nascere; born

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

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

• natale
• nativo
• natura

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nato

1. first-person singular present indicative of natare

• OTAN, anto-, nota, onta, tona

From nō (“swim”).

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

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

1. swim, float

   Cum in lacū natābat, multōs piscēs vīdit.

   When swimming in the lake, he saw many fish.

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
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.673:

     ‘nox erat, et vīnīs oculīque animīque natābant’

     “It was night, and [their] eyesight as well as [their] minds were [unsteady,] swimming with wine [...].”
     (The poetic voice of Minerva or Tritonia describes the aftermath of a merry feast.)

3. stream, flow

• nō

See natus, nascor

nātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nātus

• “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) according to circumstances: pro re (nata), pro tempore
    

Borrowed from Latin nātus. Doublet of nado.

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

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

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

   Ela é uma escritora nata.

   She is a born writer.

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

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

   A criatividade dela é nata.

   Her creativity is innate.

   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)

   Ele é nordestino nato!

   He is a born and bred Northeasterner!

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

   Somos brasileiros natos, mas nosso avó foi naturalizado.

   We are Brazilians by birth, but our grandfather was naturalised.

   Antonym: naturalizado

• dom

Borrowed from Latin nātus.

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

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

1. born

• “nato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

From Proto-Finnic *nato.

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

nato

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

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