natal

«natal» in Mova's school dictionary: To do with being born or with the time of birth: «natal… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective; Natal (a name of a place)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal, science) To do with being born or with the time of birth: «natal day», «natal home». tree →

2) Natal: the old name of a province of South Africa (now KwaZulu-Natal), and a city in Brazil (a name). tree →

sense in the lessons

Mostly a science and formal word. In biology, «natal stream» is the river where a salmon hatched and returns to lay eggs; «natal» also appears in longer words: prenatal (before birth), postnatal (after birth), neonatal (newborn). It tells the reader the topic is birth.

examples

• Salmon swim back to their natal river to lay their eggs. tree →
• Turtles return to their natal beach years later. tree →
• A neonatal unit looks after newborn babies in hospital. tree →
• Mum went to prenatal classes before my sister was born. tree →
• Natal Day is a holiday in some places, celebrating the founding of the town. tree →
• Durban is a city in KwaZulu-Natal. tree →

note

Rare on its own; much more common inside prenatal, postnatal, neonatal and antenatal (UK: antenatal classes). Do not confuse with «nasal» (to do with the nose) or «naval» (to do with the navy).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «natal» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.