innato

Italian

Etymology

From Latin innātus (inborn), perfect active participle of innāscor (be born in, grow up in).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈna.to/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: in‧nà‧to

Adjective

innato (feminine innata, masculine plural innati, feminine plural innate)

  1. innate, native, inborn

Derived terms

Further reading

  • innato in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • innato in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • innato in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • innato in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
  • innato in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
  • innato in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From in- +‎ natō.

Verb

innatō (present infinitive innatāre, perfect active innatāvī, supine innatātum); first conjugation

  1. to swim or float in or upon
  2. to overflow
Conjugation

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Participle

innātō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of innātus

References

  • innato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • innato”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • innato in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Adjective

innato (feminine innata, masculine plural innatos, feminine plural innatas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of inato.
    • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “A escolha de Gastão [Gastão’s choice]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎[1], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 116:
      Achava-o superior, correcto, distincto, de uma aristrocracia innata que a encantava.
      She found him superior, upstanding, distiguished, of an innate aristocracy that enchanted her.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin innātus (inborn), perfect active participle of innāscor (be born in, grow up in).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈnato/ [ĩnˈna.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: in‧na‧to

Adjective

innato (feminine innata, masculine plural innatos, feminine plural innatas)

  1. innate, inborn
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 79:
      La ciencia innata del Perspicaz no tiene nada de diabólico; antes por el contrario, parece que proviene de Dios, que ha querido distinguirlo, premiando acaso en él la virtud de los padres.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Further reading