Natural in Different Languages
Discover 'Natural' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Natural
Afrikaans natuurlik | ||
Albanian natyrore | ||
Amharic ተፈጥሯዊ | ||
Arabic طبيعي >> صفة | ||
Armenian բնական | ||
Assamese প্ৰাকৃতিক | ||
Aymara naturala | ||
Azerbaijani təbii | ||
Bambara yɛrɛyɛrɛ | ||
Basque naturala | ||
Belarusian натуральны | ||
Bengali প্রাকৃতিক | ||
Bhojpuri स्वाभाविक | ||
Bosnian prirodno | ||
Bulgarian естествен | ||
Catalan natural | ||
Cebuano natural | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 自然 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 自然 | ||
Corsican naturale | ||
Croatian prirodno | ||
Czech přírodní | ||
Danish naturlig | ||
Dhivehi ޤުދުރަތީ | ||
Dogri कुदरती | ||
Dutch natuurlijk | ||
English natural | ||
Esperanto natura | ||
Estonian loomulik | ||
Ewe dzɔdzɔme nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) natural | ||
Finnish luonnollinen | ||
French naturel | ||
Frisian natuerlik | ||
Galician natural | ||
Georgian ბუნებრივი | ||
German natürlich | ||
Greek φυσικός | ||
Guarani heko ypýva | ||
Gujarati કુદરતી | ||
Haitian Creole natirèl | ||
Hausa na halitta | ||
Hawaiian kūlohelohe | ||
Hebrew טִבעִי | ||
Hindi प्राकृतिक | ||
Hmong ntuj | ||
Hungarian természetes | ||
Icelandic náttúrulegt | ||
Igbo eke | ||
Ilocano natural | ||
Indonesian alam | ||
Irish nádúrtha | ||
Italian naturale | ||
Japanese ナチュラル | ||
Javanese alam | ||
Kannada ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕ | ||
Kazakh табиғи | ||
Khmer ធម្មជាតិ | ||
Kinyarwanda karemano | ||
Konkani सैमीक | ||
Korean 자연스러운 | ||
Krio kɔmɔn | ||
Kurdish xûriste | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سروشتی | ||
Kyrgyz табигый | ||
Lao ທໍາມະຊາດ | ||
Latin naturalis | ||
Latvian dabiski | ||
Lingala ya malamu | ||
Lithuanian natūralus | ||
Luganda buzaalirwana | ||
Luxembourgish natierlech | ||
Macedonian природно | ||
Maithili प्राकृतिक | ||
Malagasy ara-nofo | ||
Malay semula jadi | ||
Malayalam സ്വാഭാവികം | ||
Maltese naturali | ||
Maori maori | ||
Marathi नैसर्गिक | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯍꯧꯁꯥ | ||
Mizo dan pangngai | ||
Mongolian байгалийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သဘာဝ | ||
Nepali प्राकृतिक | ||
Norwegian naturlig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zachilengedwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରାକୃତିକ | ||
Oromo kan uumamaa | ||
Pashto طبیعي | ||
Persian طبیعی | ||
Polish naturalny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) natural | ||
Punjabi ਕੁਦਰਤੀ | ||
Quechua kaqlla | ||
Romanian natural | ||
Russian естественный | ||
Samoan natura | ||
Sanskrit प्राकृतिक | ||
Scots Gaelic nàdarra | ||
Sepedi tlhago | ||
Serbian природни | ||
Sesotho tlhaho | ||
Shona zvakasikwa | ||
Sindhi قدرتي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ස්වාභාවික | ||
Slovak prirodzené | ||
Slovenian naravno | ||
Somali dabiici ah | ||
Spanish natural | ||
Sundanese alam | ||
Swahili asili | ||
Swedish naturlig | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) natural | ||
Tajik табиӣ | ||
Tamil இயற்கை | ||
Tatar табигый | ||
Telugu సహజ | ||
Thai ธรรมชาติ | ||
Tigrinya ተፈጥራዊ | ||
Tsonga xa ntumbuluko | ||
Turkish doğal | ||
Turkmen tebigy | ||
Twi (Akan) abɔdeɛ mu deɛ | ||
Ukrainian природний | ||
Urdu قدرتی | ||
Uyghur تەبىئىي | ||
Uzbek tabiiy | ||
Vietnamese tự nhiên | ||
Welsh naturiol | ||
Xhosa yendalo | ||
Yiddish נאַטירלעך | ||
Yoruba adayeba | ||
Zulu yemvelo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "natuurlik" in Afrikaans derives from the Dutch word "natuurlijk" and carries the same meaning of "in accordance with nature". |
| Albanian | The word "natyrore" in Albanian is derived from the Latin word "natura" and it can also mean "essential" or "inherent." |
| Amharic | "ተፈጥሯዊ" can also mean "instinctive" or "unnatural (in the sense of not being learned or acquired)." |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "طبيعي" also means "usual" or "common". |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "բնական" also carries connotations of "authentic," "unspoiled," and "pure." |
| Azerbaijani | Təbii in Azerbaijani can also mean 'of course' or 'as a matter of fact' |
| Basque | Also means 'true' (as in the essence or true nature of something) in Basque, from Latin: 'natura' (nature), akin to 'nascor' (be born, come to existence). |
| Bengali | The word "প্রাকৃতিক" also means "common", "ordinary", or "unadorned" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word 'prirodno' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'priroda', which means 'nature' or 'origin'. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "естествен" (natural) also means "legitimate" or "authentic" in some contexts. |
| Catalan | The word "natural" comes from the Latin word "naturalis," which means "of nature". |
| Cebuano | The word "natural" comes from the Latin "naturalis" meaning "of nature" or "according to nature". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Japanese, 自然 (pronounced “shizen”) refers to “the natural world”, while in Chinese, it also refers to “spontaneous” or “unforced”. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 自然 (zìrán) includes meanings of "self-so" and "of its own nature". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word “naturale” can also be used to describe a person who is kind and generous. |
| Croatian | "Prirodno" in Croatian also means "naturally," "obviously," or "of course." |
| Czech | The word "přírodní" in Czech can also mean "artificial" or "man-made". |
| Danish | In Danish, 'naturlig' can also mean 'of course' or 'obviously'. |
| Dutch | In 1521, "natuurlijk" was an acceptable alternate spelling for "neutral". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word 'natura' is derived from both the Latin words 'natura' ('natural' or 'character') and 'nasci' ('to be born'). |
| Estonian | "Loomulik" comes from "looma", which means "animal", and originally meant "animalistic", but with a derogatory connotation which was later dropped. |
| Finnish | The word "luonnollinen" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "luonta", meaning "nature". |
| French | In French, “Naturel” also means “birthmark,” and can be found as a surname in some instances. |
| Frisian | In a figurative sense, "natuerlik" can also indicate normality or something that seems right and acceptable to most. |
| Galician | In Galician, "natural" is used to refer to people born in the region, as opposed to those who have moved there. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ბუნებრივი" does not have the alternate meaning of "sex", which is present in English. |
| German | The German word "natürlich" can also refer to the music note B-flat in some contexts |
| Greek | Φυσικός derives from the Greek word "φύσις" (physis), which also means "nature," and from the verb "φύω" (phuo), meaning "to grow" or "to come into existence." |
| Gujarati | "કુદરતી" ('natural') in Gujarati can also refer to 'unrefined' (e.g., oil or sugar) and 'homely' or 'local' cuisine. |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word 'natirèl' also means 'unprocessed', 'unaltered', and 'genuine'. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "na halitta" ultimately derives from the Arabic "khalq" (creation), and also relates to the Hausa word for "life" ("hali"). |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "kūlohelohe" can also refer to something that is raw or unprocessed, or to a person who is simple or unsophisticated. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "טִבעִי" ("natural") also has the connotation of "genuine" or "authentic". |
| Hindi | The word "प्राकृतिक" in Hindi can also mean "elemental" or "raw". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "ntuj" can also be used to refer to the spiritual realm, or to describe something that is divine or sacred. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "természetes" is a loanword from Slovak that originally only referred to supernatural or magical beings and powers. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, the word náttúrulegt can also mean "authentic," "genuine," or "spontaneous." |
| Igbo | Though the word "eke" primarily means "natural" in Igbo, it also has alternate meanings such as "ordinary" and "everyday." |
| Indonesian | In Arabic, "alam" means "universe" or "world" and is also used to describe the realm of the supernatural. |
| Irish | The word "nádúrtha" in Irish comes from the Latin "natura", meaning "birth", and can also mean "supernatural" or "divine". |
| Italian | The Italian word 'naturale' can also mean 'of course' or 'naturally,' and is often used as a filler word. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "ナチュラル" can also refer to "without artifice" and "casual". |
| Javanese | "Alam" can also mean "world" or "universe" in Javanese, showing its cosmic scope. |
| Kazakh | Табиғи means both "natural" and "usual" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word "ធម្មជាតិ" (natural) derives from the Sanskrit word "dharma", meaning law or order, and "jati", meaning birth or origin. |
| Korean | The word 자연스러운 (natural) in Korean can also mean 'instinctive' or 'spontaneous'. |
| Kurdish | The word 'xûriste' derives from the Proto-Indo-European root '*kwer-' meaning 'to turn or bend', suggesting a connection to the natural growth and transformation of plants and animals. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "табигый" in Kyrgyz can also mean "genuine" or "original". |
| Latin | "Naturalis" derives from the root *nasci* ("be born") and also carries the meaning "native, indigenous" in Latin. |
| Latvian | The word “dabiski” can also describe the quality of a product that hasn't been processed in any way |
| Lithuanian | "Natūralus" may also carry the additional connotation of "native or indigenous" (in reference to plants or animals) or "genuine or authentic" (in reference to emotions or qualities). |
| Luxembourgish | The word "natierlech" has been suggested to come from the root *nath,* meaning "to moisten," and thus referred to something born from moisture, i.e. nature. |
| Macedonian | The word "природно" can also be used to mean "organic" or "green". |
| Malagasy | The word 'ara-nofo' can also mean 'native' or 'indigenous'. |
| Malay | The word "semula jadi" literally means "becoming what is" in Malay, highlighting the dynamic and transformative nature of what is considered "natural". |
| Malayalam | Though the word "സ്വാഭാവികം" predominantly means "natural," it can also mean "spontaneous" or "habitual," depending on the context. |
| Maltese | Maltese "naturali" is derived from Italian "naturale" and also means "simple" or "ordinary"} |
| Maori | Maori also means "normal" or "ordinary". |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "नैसर्गिक" also refers to a person with an innate or natural ability or talent. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The Burmese word "သဘာဝ" can also refer to the inherent or essential qualities of something. |
| Nepali | The word प्राकृतिक ("natural") in Nepali is derived from Prakrit, an ancient Indian language spoken during the 3rd century BCE to the 10th century CE. |
| Norwegian | Used in Norwegian, "naturlig" can also have the meaning "of course" or "obviously"} |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | “Zachilengedwe” can also mean “by itself” or “on its own.” |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "طبیعي" has several other meanings, including "pure", "authentic", and "original". |
| Persian | "طبیعی" means "natural" in Persian, but it can also mean "original", "pure", or "normal". |
| Polish | The word "naturalny" in Polish also refers to something that is artificial or fake, in contrast to its more common meaning of "natural". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "natural" can also refer to something that is inherent, essential, or characteristic of a person or thing. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "natural" carries the additional meaning of "genuine" or "authentic." |
| Russian | The word "естественный" can also mean "legitimate" or "normal" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "natura" is derived from the Proto-Oceanic root *natura*, meaning "life" or "existence." |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "nàdarra" can also mean "nature," "innate," or "inborn." |
| Serbian | The root of the word "природни"("natural") shares an origin with the word "природа"("nature"), thus emphasizing the inherent characteristic of something. |
| Shona | The Shona word "zvakasikwa" is also used to describe something that is innate or inherent. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "قدرتي" is also used to refer to traditional medicine or healing practices. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ස්වාභාවික" (natural) is derived from the Sanskrit word "स्वभाव" (nature, disposition), which itself is derived from the root "स्व" (self) and "भाव" (being). |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "prirodzené" also means "innate," "intrinsic," or "inherent." |
| Slovenian | "Naravno" also means "of course" and is cognate with Polish "naturalnie" and Russian "натурально". |
| Somali | In Somali, the term "dabiici ah" can also refer to something that is innate, intrinsic, or inherent. |
| Spanish | Además de "natural", la palabra "natural" puede significar "propio" o "legítimo" en español. |
| Sundanese | The word "alam" also means "world" or "universe" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word 'asili' in Swahili can also refer to 'original' or 'native'. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "naturlig" can also mean "of course" or "obviously". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "natural" can also mean "son of nature" or "original." |
| Tajik | The word табиӣ is derived from the Arabic word طبيع, meaning nature, and can also mean innate or original in Tajik. |
| Tamil | "இயற்கை" (natural) in Tamil also refers to "creation" and "destiny," deriving from the root "இயல்" (nature, inherent quality). |
| Telugu | సహజ derives from the Proto-Dravidian word for "born" or "origin," a cognate of the Sanskrit word "sahaja." |
| Thai | The Thai word "ธรรมชาติ" (tham-ma-chaat) has a broader meaning than the English word "natural"} |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "doğal" also refers to substances derived from nature, free from additives and artificial ingredients. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "природний" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *prьrodъ*, meaning "origin", "birth" or "nature". |
| Urdu | The word "قدرتی" also means "predestined" or "divine." |
| Uzbek | Tabiiy ultimately derives from the Arabic "tabī'ī" (natural, genuine), which is in turn derived from the Arabic verbal root "-ṭ-b-ʿ", meaning "to follow; to accompany; to be accustomed to; to be natural." |
| Vietnamese | Tư nhiên (natural) has multiple meanings and etymologies: it could be used as an adverb meaning “spontaneously”, as a noun meaning “nature” and to denote the state of having “no alteration”. |
| Welsh | The word 'naturiol' can also be used to mean 'simple' or 'naive' in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | 'Yendalo' also means 'that which is'} |
| Yiddish | In some contexts, "נאַטירלעך" can mean "of course" or "naturally." |
| Yoruba | The word "adayeba" in Yoruba can also mean "uncooked" or "unripe". |
| Zulu | "Yemvelo" comes from the same root as the word "velo", meaning "earth", and also has the connotation of "wild" and "uncultivated" |
| English | The word "natural" derives from the Latin "naturalis", meaning "of or belonging to nature". |