# naturalista
## English
### Etymology

From natural +‎ -ista. Compare natural (“hairstyle for people with Afro-textured hair in which the hair is not straightened or otherwise treated”).

### Noun

naturalista (plural naturalistas)
* (US) A person with Afro-textured hair who embraces their natural hairstyle; a follower of the natural hair movement.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [nə.tu.ɾəˈlis.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [na.tu.ɾaˈlis.ta]

### Noun

naturalista m or f by sense (plural naturalistes)
* naturalist

### Further reading

* “naturalista” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “naturalista”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “naturalista” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “naturalista” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Italian
### Etymology

From naturale +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.tu.raˈli.sta/
* Rhymes: -ista
* Hyphenation: na‧tu‧ra‧lì‧sta

### Adjective

naturalista (masculine plural naturalisti, feminine plural naturaliste)
* naturalist (all senses)

### Noun

naturalista m or f by sense (masculine plural naturalisti, feminine plural naturaliste)
* naturalist (all senses)

#### Related terms

* naturalismo
* naturalistico

### Further reading

* naturalista in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* slatinatura

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian naturalista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.tu.raˈliːs.ta/

### Noun

naturalista m or f by sense (plural naturalisti)
* naturalist

#### Related terms

* natura
* natural
* naturalezza (naturalizza)
* naturali
* naturalistiku
* naturaliżmu
* naturalizzazzjoni
* naturalment
* nnaturalizza (naturalizza)

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French naturaliste. First attested in 1629.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /na.tu.raˈlis.ta/
* (Middle Polish) IPA: /na.tu.raˈlis.ta/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: na‧tu‧ra‧lis‧ta

### Noun

naturalista m pers (female equivalent naturalistka)
* (philosophy) naturalist (a person who believes in or advocates the tenets of philosophical or methodological naturalism)
* (art) naturalist (a creative artist who attempts to faithfully represent nature; an adherent of artistic naturalism)
* (pedagogy) naturalist (one who believes children should be raised according to naturalism, i.e. according to their nature)
* (sociology) naturalist (one who believe in naturalism, the belief that social phenomena can be explained via phenomena by nature)
* naturalist; brutalist (creator who who deals with unpleasant topics in brutalist ways)
* naturalist (one for nature and against technology)

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “naturalista”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
* ↑ Stanisław Dubisz, editor (2003), “naturalista”, in Uniwersalny słownik języka polskiego [Universal dictionary of the Polish language]‎ (in Polish), volumes 1-4, Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN SA, →ISBN
* ↑ “NATURALISTA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century], 09.11.2016

### Further reading

* naturalista in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* naturalista in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “naturalista”, in Słownik języka polskiego
* Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “naturalista”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
* J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “naturalista”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 191

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /na.tu.ɾaˈlis.tɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /na.tu.ɾaˈlis.tɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /na.tu.ɾaˈliʃ.tɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /na.tu.ɾaˈlis.ta/
* (Portugal) IPA: /nɐ.tu.ɾɐˈliʃ.tɐ/
* Hyphenation: na‧tu‧ra‧lis‧ta

### Adjective

naturalista m or f (plural naturalistas)
* naturalist (all senses)

### Noun

naturalista m or f by sense (plural naturalistas)
* naturalist (all senses) (clarification of this definition is needed)

### Related terms

* naturalismo
* natural
* natureza

## Spanish
### Etymology

From natural +‎ -ista.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /natuɾaˈlista/ [na.t̪u.ɾaˈlis.t̪a]
* Rhymes: -ista
* Syllabification: na‧tu‧ra‧lis‧ta

### Adjective

naturalista m or f (masculine and feminine plural naturalistas)
* naturalistic (of or relating to naturalism)

### Noun

naturalista m or f by sense (plural naturalistas)
* naturalist (a person who studies nature or natural history)
* naturalist (a person who advocates naturalism)

#### Related terms

* naturaleza
* naturalismo

### Further reading

* “naturalista”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10