# nato
## English
### Etymology

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### Noun

nato (countable and uncountable, plural natos)
* (countable) A tree of the genus Mora
* (uncountable) The wood of such trees

### Anagrams

* NOTA, anot, nota, tona

## Czech
### Etymology

na +‎ to

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnato]
* Rhymes: -ato
* Hyphenation: na‧to

### Adverb

nato (not comparable)
* afterwards, subsequently
    Synonym: potom
    Antonym: předtím
** 1868, František Stejskal-Lažanský, “Eližběta Johanka Westonie”, in Věnec slávy žen slovanských, Prague: self-published, pages 61–64:V Čechách získal si přízeň i ochranu Voka z Rožmberka a nedlouho nato koupil si dům a statek v okolí městečka Mostu.In Bohemia, he won the favor and protection of Vok of Rožmberk, and soon afterwards he bought a house and a homestead in the vicinity of the town of Most.

#### See also

* později

### Further reading

* “nato”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “nato”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “nato”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑ̝t̪o̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑto
* Hyphenation: na‧to

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *nato, from Proto-Uralic *nataw.

#### Noun

nato (archaic)
* sister-in-law of a woman (husband's sister)

##### Declension

Possessive forms of nato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natoni
natoni
accusative
nom.
natoni
natoni
gen.
natoni
genitive
natoni
natojeni
partitive
natoani
natojani
inessive
nadossani
nadoissani
elative
nadostani
nadoistani
illative
natooni
natoihini
adessive
nadollani
nadoillani
ablative
nadoltani
nadoiltani
allative
nadolleni
nadoilleni
essive
natonani
natoinani
translative
nadokseni
nadoikseni
abessive
nadottani
nadoittani
instructive
comitative
—natoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natosi
natosi
accusative
nom.
natosi
natosi
gen.
natosi
genitive
natosi
natojesi
partitive
natoasi
natojasi
inessive
nadossasi
nadoissasi
elative
nadostasi
nadoistasi
illative
natoosi
natoihisi
adessive
nadollasi
nadoillasi
ablative
nadoltasi
nadoiltasi
allative
nadollesi
nadoillesi
essive
natonasi
natoinasi
translative
nadoksesi
nadoiksesi
abessive
nadottasi
nadoittasi
instructive
comitative
—natoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natomme
natomme
accusative
nom.
natomme
natomme
gen.
natomme
genitive
natomme
natojemme
partitive
natoamme
natojamme
inessive
nadossamme
nadoissamme
elative
nadostamme
nadoistamme
illative
natoomme
natoihimme
adessive
nadollamme
nadoillamme
ablative
nadoltamme
nadoiltamme
allative
nadollemme
nadoillemme
essive
natonamme
natoinamme
translative
nadoksemme
nadoiksemme
abessive
nadottamme
nadoittamme
instructive
comitative
—natoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natonne
natonne
accusative
nom.
natonne
natonne
gen.
natonne
genitive
natonne
natojenne
partitive
natoanne
natojanne
inessive
nadossanne
nadoissanne
elative
nadostanne
nadoistanne
illative
natoonne
natoihinne
adessive
nadollanne
nadoillanne
ablative
nadoltanne
nadoiltanne
allative
nadollenne
nadoillenne
essive
natonanne
natoinanne
translative
nadoksenne
nadoiksenne
abessive
nadottanne
nadoittanne
instructive
comitative
—natoinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natonsa
natonsa
accusative
nom.
natonsa
natonsa
gen.
natonsa
genitive
natonsa
natojensa
partitive
natoaan natoansa
natojaan natojansa
inessive
nadossaan nadossansa
nadoissaan nadoissansa
elative
nadostaan nadostansa
nadoistaan nadoistansa
illative
natoonsa
natoihinsa
adessive
nadollaan nadollansa
nadoillaan nadoillansa
ablative
nadoltaan nadoltansa
nadoiltaan nadoiltansa
allative
nadolleen nadollensa
nadoilleen nadoillensa
essive
natonaan natonansa
natoinaan natoinansa
translative
nadokseen nadoksensa
nadoikseen nadoiksensa
abessive
nadottaan nadottansa
nadoittaan nadoittansa
instructive
comitative
—natoineen natoinensa :

#### See also

* kyty

#### References

* ↑ Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “nato”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

#### Further reading

* “nato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* Nato, NATO

#### Noun

nato (rare)
* Alternative letter-case form of NATO

##### Declension

Possessive forms of nato (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natoni
accusative
nom.
natoni
gen.
natoni
genitive
natoni
partitive
natoani
inessive
natossani
elative
natostani
illative
natooni
adessive
natollani
ablative
natoltani
allative
natolleni
essive
natonani
translative
natokseni
abessive
natottani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natosi
accusative
nom.
natosi
gen.
natosi
genitive
natosi
partitive
natoasi
inessive
natossasi
elative
natostasi
illative
natoosi
adessive
natollasi
ablative
natoltasi
allative
natollesi
essive
natonasi
translative
natoksesi
abessive
natottasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natomme
accusative
nom.
natomme
gen.
natomme
genitive
natomme
partitive
natoamme
inessive
natossamme
elative
natostamme
illative
natoomme
adessive
natollamme
ablative
natoltamme
allative
natollemme
essive
natonamme
translative
natoksemme
abessive
natottamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natonne
accusative
nom.
natonne
gen.
natonne
genitive
natonne
partitive
natoanne
inessive
natossanne
elative
natostanne
illative
natoonne
adessive
natollanne
ablative
natoltanne
allative
natollenne
essive
natonanne
translative
natoksenne
abessive
natottanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
natonsa
accusative
nom.
natonsa
gen.
natonsa
genitive
natonsa
partitive
natoaan natoansa
inessive
natossaan natossansa
elative
natostaan natostansa
illative
natoonsa
adessive
natollaan natollansa
ablative
natoltaan natoltansa
allative
natolleen natollensa
essive
natonaan natonansa
translative
natokseen natoksensa
abessive
natottaan natottansa
instructive
comitative

##### Derived terms

* natolanka

### Anagrams

* anot, anto, otan, tano, taon, tona

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 納豆(なっと) (natto, “natto”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈna.to/, [ˈna.t̪o]

### Noun

nato (plural nato-nato)
* (cooking) natto: a traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans.

### Further reading

* “nato” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Ingrian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nato. Cognates include Finnish nato and Estonian nadu.

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑto̞]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑd̥o̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑto
* Hyphenation: na‧to

### Noun

nato
* sister-in-law (one's husband's or wife's sister)

#### Coordinate terms

* kyty (“one's husband's brother”)
* näälä (“one's wife's brother”)
* käly, minni (“one's brother's wife”)

#### Derived terms

* naokset

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 332

## Istriot
### Etymology

From Latin nātus.

### Adjective

nato
* born

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈna.to/
* Rhymes: -ato
* Hyphenation: nà‧to

### Etymology 1

From Latin nātus, from earlier gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“begotten, produced”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”).

#### Participle

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural nati, feminine plural nate)
* past participle of nascere; born

#### Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural nati, feminine plural nate)
* born (also used in combination)
* né
* (rare, literary) son, offspring

##### Related terms

* natale
* nativo
* natura

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

nato
* first-person singular present indicative of natare

### Anagrams

* OTAN, anto-, nota, onta, tona

## Latin
### Etymology 1

From nō +‎ -tō (forms frequentative verbs).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈna.toː/, [ˈnät̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈna.to/, [ˈnäːt̪o]

#### Verb

natō (present infinitive natāre, perfect active natāvī, supine natātum); first conjugation
* to swim, float
    Cum in lacū natābat, multōs piscēs vīdit.When swimming in the lake, he saw many fish.
* (figuratively) (especially of the eyes) to swim (as when drunken or dying); to be feeble, failing; to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain, unsteady; to move to and fro, not stand still
** 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.673:‘nox erat, et vīnīs oculīque animīque natābant’“It was night, and [their] eyesight as well as [their] minds were [unsteady,] swimming with wine [...].” (The poetic voice of Minerva or Tritonia describes the aftermath of a merry feast.)
* to stream, flow

##### Derived terms

* ēnatō
* natābundus
* natāns
* natāticius
* natātilis
* natātiō
* natātor
* natatorium
* natātōrium
* natātōrius
* natātūra
* natātus
* supernatō

##### Descendants

* Italo-Romance:
** Gallurese: natà
** Italian: natare (archaic)
** Neapolitan: natare
** Sassarese: nadà, annadai
** Sicilian: natari
* Insular Romance:
** Sardinian: nadai, anatare, nadare, natare
* North Italian:
** Friulian: nadâ
* Gallo-Romance:
** Old Catalan: nadar
*** Catalan: nedar, nadar (Western)
** Occitan: nadar
* Ibero-Romance:
** Aragonese: nadar
** Asturian: nadar, ñadar
** Extremaduran: nadal
** Galician: nadar
** Portuguese: nadar
** Spanish: nadar
Reflexes of an assumed variant *nŏtāre: (cf. the prefixed ⟨transnotare⟩ in the Reichenau Glossary)
* Balkan Romance:
** Aromanian: (a)nutari
** Romanian: (î)nota
** → Albanian: notoj
* Italo-Romance:
** Corsican: nutà
** Italian: nuotare, notare (archaic)
** Gallurese: nutà, nudà
** Sassarese: nudà
* North Italian:
** Ligurian: nuâ
** Piedmontese: nuvé
** Romansch: nudar, nuder, nodar
** Venetan: noar, nuar, nodar
* Gallo-Romance:
** Franco-Provençal: noar
** Old French: noer
** Occitan: nodar (northern)

#### Further reading

* “nato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “nato”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* nato in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. (ambiguous) according to circumstances: pro re (nata), pro tempore

### Etymology 2

See natus, nascor

#### Participle

nātō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nātus

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin nātus. Doublet of nado.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈna.tu/
* Homophone: NATO
* Rhymes: -atu
* Hyphenation: na‧to

### Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural natos, feminine plural natas)
* (of a person) born (having a character or quality from birth)
    Synonym: (also applies to physical properties.) de nascença
    Ela é uma escritora nata.She is a born writer.
* (of a person’s character or quality) innate (present from birth)
    Synonyms: inato, natural, (also applies to physical properties) de nascença
    A criatividade dela é nata.Her creativity is innate.
* (with a demonym) born in a place (often implying strong identification with the location or local culture)
    Ele é nordestino nato!He is a born and bred Northeasterner!
* (citizenship law, specifically) by birth (having a nationality due to being born in the country)
    Antonym: naturalizado
    Somos brasileiros natos, mas nosso avô foi naturalizado.We are Brazilians by birth, but our grandfather was naturalised.

### See also

* dom

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnato/ [ˈna.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ato
* Syllabification: na‧to

### Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural natos, feminine plural natas)
* born

#### Related terms

* antenatal
* innato
* mortinato
* nacer (see more related terms)
* natal
* natalidad
* navidad
* neonatal
* neonato
* neonatología
* nonato
* postnatal
* prenatal

### Further reading

* “nato”, 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

## Votic
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nato.

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑto]
* Rhymes: -ɑto
* Hyphenation: na‧to

### Noun

nato
* sister-in-law (sister of one's husband)

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “nato”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn