Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

near-native

/nɪə̯ˈneɪ̯tɪv/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables: near--na-tive
IPA: /nɪə̯ˈneɪ̯tɪv/

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Nearly native; close to be seen as indigenous to a particular habitat.

noun

A person who is not native.

Example Sentences

"On the other hand, Coppieters' (1987) study of nearnative speakers of French, selected by nativespeaking friends and colleagues for perceived nativeness in production, showed nonnative intuitions on the perfective/imperfective distinctions in French in a judgement test."
"Anyone who has been engaged in language translation or has read the same text in two different languages knows that some nuances may be lost in translation, and this untranslated five percent or so makes a difference. As long as not all people have fluency or near-native knowledge in all languages and cultures, translation cannot be avoided, and, thus, one must accept at least some ambiguity."
"[…] these data constitute little support for the notion of generalized competence differences between natives and near-natives."

Etymology

From near + native.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /nɪə̯ˈneɪ̯tɪv/

Inflected Forms

nearnative (alternative) near-natives (plural)

Phrases

near-native speaker near-native species

Rhymes With

castrative subcreative

Questions

How do you pronounce near-native?: The recorded pronunciation is /nɪə̯ˈneɪ̯tɪv/.
What does near-native mean?: Nearly native; close to be seen as indigenous to a particular habitat.
Where does near-native come from?: From near + native.

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