Afrikaans natuurlik | ||
Albanian natyrshëm | ||
Amharic በተፈጥሮ | ||
Arabic بطبيعة الحال | ||
Armenian բնականաբար | ||
Assamese স্বাভাৱিকতে | ||
Aymara natural ukhama | ||
Azerbaijani təbii olaraq | ||
Bambara a dacogo la | ||
Basque naturalki | ||
Belarusian натуральна | ||
Bengali স্বাভাবিকভাবে | ||
Bhojpuri स्वाभाविक बा कि | ||
Bosnian prirodno | ||
Bulgarian естествено | ||
Catalan naturalment | ||
Cebuano natural | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 自然 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 自然 | ||
Corsican naturalmente | ||
Croatian prirodno | ||
Czech přirozeně | ||
Danish naturligt | ||
Dhivehi ގުދުރަތީ ގޮތުންނެވެ | ||
Dogri स्वाभाविक रूप च | ||
Dutch van nature | ||
English naturally | ||
Esperanto nature | ||
Estonian loomulikult | ||
Ewe le dzɔdzɔme nu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) natural | ||
Finnish luonnollisesti | ||
French naturellement | ||
Frisian fansels | ||
Galician naturalmente | ||
Georgian ბუნებრივია | ||
German natürlich | ||
Greek φυσικά | ||
Guarani naturalmente | ||
Gujarati કુદરતી રીતે | ||
Haitian Creole natirèlman | ||
Hausa ta halitta | ||
Hawaiian kūlohelohe | ||
Hebrew באופן טבעי | ||
Hindi सहज रूप में | ||
Hmong lawm xwb | ||
Hungarian természetesen | ||
Icelandic náttúrulega | ||
Igbo ndammana | ||
Ilocano natural ngamin | ||
Indonesian tentu saja | ||
Irish go nádúrtha | ||
Italian naturalmente | ||
Japanese 当然 | ||
Javanese lumrahe | ||
Kannada ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕವಾಗಿ | ||
Kazakh табиғи түрде | ||
Khmer ដោយធម្មជាតិ | ||
Kinyarwanda bisanzwe | ||
Konkani सैमीक रितीन | ||
Korean 당연히 | ||
Krio natin nɔ de fɔ du am | ||
Kurdish xuriste | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بە شێوەیەکی سروشتی | ||
Kyrgyz табигый | ||
Lao ຕາມທໍາມະຊາດ | ||
Latin naturally | ||
Latvian dabiski | ||
Lingala na ndenge ya bomoto | ||
Lithuanian natūraliai | ||
Luganda mu butonde | ||
Luxembourgish natierlech | ||
Macedonian природно | ||
Maithili स्वाभाविक रूप स | ||
Malagasy mazava ho | ||
Malay secara semula jadi | ||
Malayalam സ്വാഭാവികമായും | ||
Maltese b'mod naturali | ||
Maori māori noa | ||
Marathi नैसर्गिकरित्या | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯍꯧꯁꯥꯒꯤ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ ꯃꯑꯣꯡꯗꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo natural takin a awm | ||
Mongolian байгалийн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သဘာဝကျကျ | ||
Nepali प्राकृतिक रूपमा | ||
Norwegian naturlig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mwachilengedwe | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ୍ natural ାଭାବିକ ଭାବରେ | | ||
Oromo uumamaan | ||
Pashto په طبیعي ډول | ||
Persian به طور طبیعی | ||
Polish naturalnie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) naturalmente | ||
Punjabi ਕੁਦਰਤੀ | ||
Quechua naturalmente | ||
Romanian natural | ||
Russian естественно | ||
Samoan masani ai | ||
Sanskrit स्वाभाविकतया | ||
Scots Gaelic gu nàdarra | ||
Sepedi ka tlhago | ||
Serbian природно | ||
Sesotho ka tlhaho | ||
Shona zvakasikwa | ||
Sindhi قدرتي طور | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ස්වාභාවිකවම | ||
Slovak prirodzene | ||
Slovenian seveda | ||
Somali dabiici ahaan | ||
Spanish naturalmente | ||
Sundanese sacara alami | ||
Swahili kawaida | ||
Swedish naturligtvis | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) natural | ||
Tajik табиатан | ||
Tamil இயற்கையாகவே | ||
Tatar табигый | ||
Telugu సహజంగా | ||
Thai ตามธรรมชาติ | ||
Tigrinya ብተፈጥሮኣዊ መንገዲ | ||
Tsonga hi ntumbuluko | ||
Turkish doğal olarak | ||
Turkmen elbetde | ||
Twi (Akan) wɔ awosu mu | ||
Ukrainian природно | ||
Urdu قدرتی طور پر | ||
Uyghur تەبىئىي | ||
Uzbek tabiiy ravishda | ||
Vietnamese một cách tự nhiên | ||
Welsh yn naturiol | ||
Xhosa ngokwendalo | ||
Yiddish געוויינטלעך | ||
Yoruba nipa ti ara | ||
Zulu ngokwemvelo |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "natuurlik" is derived from the Dutch word "natuurlijk", which means "natural" or "of course." |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "natyrshëm" derives from the Proto-Albanian word "*nāturāl-e" and shares the same root as the Latin "nātūra" (nature). |
| Arabic | Derived from the root word 'طبيع', it holds various meanings depending on context including, 'natural', 'common' or 'inherent'. |
| Azerbaijani | "Tabii olaraq" is also a common phrase used to express agreement or acceptance, especially in informal conversations. It can be translated as "sure," "of course," or "naturally." |
| Basque | The Basque word "naturalki" is derived from the Latin "naturalis" and is also used to mean "of course" or "obviously." |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, "натуральна" can also refer to a person who is not affected by alcohol. |
| Bengali | Derived from the Sanskrit word "स्वाभाविक" (svabhavika), meaning "by nature" or "innate". |
| Bosnian | Prirodno, which is Bosnian for naturally, also means 'of or belonging to nature'. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "естествено" can also mean "according to nature" or "by nature" |
| Catalan | The word "naturalment" in Catalan can also mean "of course" or "obviously." |
| Cebuano | "Natural" in Cebuano can also mean "born out of wedlock" or "illegitimate". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "自然" can also mean "the universe", "nature", "the world", "things that exist in nature" and "one's inherent qualities or nature". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In its original Chinese, 自然 (zìrán) is a compound of "self" and "so," and thus connotes a sense of spontaneity and effortless flow. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "naturalmente" has the specific meaning "of course" or "obviously" but can also colloquially mean "why not?" |
| Croatian | "Prirodno" can mean "naturally" and "organic" in Croatian, "indigenous" in Serbian, and "natural" and "innately" in Slovenian. |
| Czech | Přirozeně, meaning 'of course', developed in Czech from meaning 'legitimate' and 'innate'. |
| Danish | Naturligt comes from the word natur, which stems from Latin and means nature, and -ligt, which means like, so it literally means 'like nature'. |
| Dutch | The word "van nature" in Dutch is translated as "naturally" in English. Its etymology goes back to the Middle Dutch word "nature" meaning "birth, origin, characteristic" and the preposition "van" meaning "of, from". Thus, "van nature" literally means "of nature" or "of natural origin". In modern Dutch, it is used as an adverb to mean "naturally" or "by nature". Synonymous adverbs include "inheirent" and "eigen". |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, the word "nature" also has the meanings of birth and descent. |
| Estonian | Loomuliku ('naturally') on sugulane loomusele, mis tähistab karakteri, olemuse või temperamendi sisemist jõudu, omadust või eripära |
| Finnish | Luonnollisesti derives from "luonto" (nature), but it can also mean "of course" or "as a matter of fact"} |
| French | The word "naturellement" in French can also mean "of course" or "obviously". |
| Frisian | The word "fansels" in Frisian can also mean "in its entirety" or "completely". |
| Galician | In Galician, "naturalmente" can also mean "evidently" or "of course." |
| German | The German word "natürlich" goes back to 1180-1200 as Mittelhochdeutsch "natürlîch" ("in natural sequence") originally a religious term. |
| Greek | The word "Φυσικά" in Greek can also mean "of course" or "obviously". |
| Haitian Creole | "Natirèlman" comes from the French word "naturellement", meaning "in a natural way" or "by nature". |
| Hausa | The word "ta halitta" is derived from the Arabic word "tahlīt" meaning "creation" or "nature". |
| Hawaiian | The word "kūlohelohe" can also refer to something that is gentle, soft, or tender. |
| Hebrew | באופן טבעי translates to "by default" as well as "naturally" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The word "सहज रूप में" may also mean "with ease" or "effortlessly" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The word "lawm xwb" can also refer to the natural world or environment. |
| Hungarian | The word "természetesen" can also mean "of course" or "obviously" in Hungarian. |
| Icelandic | The word "náttúrulega" in Icelandic stems from the word "náttúra" which means nature, and its meaning is therefore influenced by the concept of nature. |
| Igbo | The word "ndammana" can also refer to "spontaneously" or "of its own accord" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The phrase 'tentu saja' also functions as a polite way to express strong agreement or certainty about something. |
| Irish | Go nádúrtha is sometimes pronounced "go na dtuir," which literally means "of the waters" in Irish (similar to "in nature"). |
| Italian | "Naturalmente" can also mean "obviously" or "of course" in Italian. |
| Japanese | Originally written as '當然而然' or '當然而り', '当然' was also used with an additional implication of inevitability and appropriateness as well as the modern day meaning. |
| Javanese | "Lumrahe" can mean either "naturally" or "generally" depending on its position in the sentence. |
| Kannada | "ನೈಸರ್ಗಿಕವಾಗಿ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "निसर्ग" (nisarga), meaning "nature" or "birth". It can also mean "without any artificial or external influence" or "in accordance with the laws of nature". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "табиғи түрде" can also mean "by nature" or "inherently". |
| Korean | "당연히" can also refer to "of course." |
| Kurdish | Xuriste, meaning naturally in Kurdish, is similar to and may derive from the Arabic and Persian word "khud" (self) |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "табигый" has Turkic origins and is related to words like "tabiat" and "tabiatlı" in Turkish, which all mean "nature". |
| Lao | This term can also mean "as is" or "in its raw state" in Lao. |
| Latin | The word "naturally" originates from the Latin word "naturalis," which means "by nature," and has additional meanings including "legitimate," "normal," and "proper." |
| Latvian | The word "dabiski" is likely derived from the Proto-Baltic root *dab-, meaning "fit" or "proper" |
| Lithuanian | The word "natūraliai" also means "by nature" or "inherently". |
| Luxembourgish | In the old spelling, 'natierlech' was often written as 'natirlech', which means 'nature-like' and is more similar to the German 'natürlich'. |
| Macedonian | The word "природно" can also mean "inherently" or "by nature". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "mazava ho" is derived from the Bantu word "zawa," meaning "natural state" or "essence." |
| Malay | The word "secara semula jadi" literally means "by itself" or "in its original form". |
| Maltese | The phrase "b'mod naturali" is not etymologically related to "natural" and is more literally translated to “in natural fashion". |
| Maori | "Māori noa" is a phrase from the Māori language used to describe the |
| Marathi | "नैसर्गिकरित्या" comes from the Sanskrit word "नैसर्गिको" (naisargeeko) meaning "of nature." |
| Mongolian | The word "байгалийн" in Mongolian also has the meaning of "inherently" or "innately". |
| Nepali | "प्राकृतिक रूपमा" also means "in the natural state; without any artificial or human modification" in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | Naturlig can also refer to something that is plain, simple, or unadorned. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Mwachilengedwe" derives from the word "chilengedwe," which means "creation," and can also mean "as it was originally made" or "in its natural state." |
| Persian | This word initially meant "by itself" or "independently" but its meaning has changed over time. |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "naturalnie" is not only used in the sense of "as one might expect," but also in the sense of "of course" or "certainly" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "naturalmente" can also mean "of course" or "obviously". |
| Romanian | "Natural" (Romanian: "natural") can mean "genuine" or "spontaneous," and can be used to refer to something that is not artificial or forced. |
| Russian | The word "естественно" can also mean "of course" or "obviously"} |
| Samoan | Masani means "natural" and "by itself" while ai refers to "the state of being". Together, the phrase "masani ai" can mean "by its own nature" or "inherently". |
| Serbian | The word "природно" can also mean "according to nature" or "by nature". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "ka tlhaho" (naturally) also refers to the essence of something, or its inherent nature. |
| Shona | The word "zvakasikwa" comes from the root "-sika-," which means "to be born" or "to come into existence." |
| Sindhi | The term 'قدرتي طور' ('naturally') suggests inherent quality or innate capability, implying something present from the get-go. |
| Slovak | "Prirodzene" can also mean "by birth" or "by nature". |
| Slovenian | The word "seveda" is related to the words "védeti" (to know) and "veda" (knowledge), which suggests that it originally meant "of course" or "obviously". |
| Somali | The word "dabiici ahaan" can also mean "normally" or "usually". |
| Spanish | "Naturalmente" in Spanish has a variety of meanings, including "naturally," "of course," "logically," and "obviously." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word 'sacara alami' (naturally) derives from the Sanskrit word 'sa-cara-alam', meaning 'according to the way of nature'. |
| Swahili | Kawaida also means "an established custom or practice" from the Arabic "qawada" meaning "to establish." |
| Swedish | In archaic contexts, "naturligtvis" also translates as "of course" and "obviously." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Natural, when used as a Tagalog adjective, means "innate," "unnatural," or "unripe." |
| Tajik | The word "табиатан" is derived from the Persian word "طبیعت" (tabiat), which means "nature" or "natural disposition". |
| Telugu | "సహజంగా" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सहज" (sahaja), meaning "innate" or "inherent." |
| Thai | ตามธรรมชาติ (ตาม+ธรรมชาติ) literally means 'following nature', alluding to the idea of conformity to the laws of nature. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "doğal olarak" can also mean "by default" or "by nature", depending on the context. |
| Ukrainian | The word "природно" in Ukrainian can also mean "obviously" or "of course". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "قدرتی طور پر" translates to "naturally" in English and has an alternate meaning of "by nature". |
| Uzbek | The word "tabiiy ravishda" can also mean "of course" or "self-evidently" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | Một cách tự nhiên is also a slang phrase that means "by chance" or "incidentally". |
| Welsh | "Yn naturiol" means "by nature", "inherently", "of course" or "spontaneously" in Welsh, but derives from a word meaning "native" or "of one's own". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ngokwendalo" also means "in accordance with one's nature" or "inherently". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "געוויינטלעך" (geveyntlekh) is derived from the Old High German word "gewonlîcho," which means "habitual" or "usual." |
| Yoruba | 'Nipa ti ara' can also mean 'by oneself' in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word ngokwemvelo, meaning “naturally,” is also the name of an a capella group from South Africa. |
| English | The word "naturally" also means "of course" or "as expected" |