nature
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[ English
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[ Etymology
From Latin natura, future participle from perfect passive participle natus (born), from deponent verb nasci (to be born), + future participle suffix -urus.
[ Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈneɪtʃə/, SAMPA: /"neItS@/
- (US) IPA: /ˈneɪtʃɚ/, SAMPA: /"neItS@`/
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- Rhymes: -eɪtʃə(r)
- Hyphenation: na·ture
[ Noun
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nature (plural natures)
- The essential characteristics
- Albert Camus' book Le Mythe de Sisyphe is of a philosophical nature.
- A wild primitive state of being
- The summary of everything that has to do with biological and geographical states and events on earth
- The environment, the outdoors
[ Translations
essential characteristics
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primitive state of being
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everything related to biological and geographical states
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environment
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- Bengali: প্রকৃতি
- Bosnian: priroda f.
- Chinese: 自然(zìrán)
- Taiwanese: chū-jiân (自然)
- Estonian: loodus
- Hebrew: טבע (teva), יקום (yekum) m.
- Indonesian: ilmu
- Interlingue: natura
- Korean: 나름 (nareum), 자연 (jayeon)
- Lithuanian: gamta
- Novial: nature
- Ossetian: æрдз (ærdz)
- Serbian:
- Sundanese: élmu
- Thai: ศาสตร์ (sàat)
[ Derived terms
[ Related terms
[ Esperanto
[ Adverb
nature
[ Italian
[ Noun
nature f.
- Plural form of natura.
[ Adjective
nature inv.
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