ネイティブ

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Japanese

 ネイティブ on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from English native.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ネイティブ (neitibu-na (adnominal ネイティブ (neitibu na na), adverbial ネイティブ (neitibu ni ni))

  1. speaking a language natively
    ほぼネイティブレベル
    hobo neitibu na reberu
    nearly native level
  2. (computing) supporting something natively
    ネイティブにサポート
    neitibu ni sapōto
    support natively

Inflection

Related terms

Noun

ネイティブ (neitibu

  1. Ellipsis of ネイティブスピーカー (neitibu supīkā, native speaker of a language).
    ネイティブ(せん)(せい)
    neitibu no sensei
    teacher who is a native speaker
    (えい)()ネイティブ(ひと)
    Eigo ga neitibu na hito
    native speaker of English

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN