Seen close-up, things have a way of showing their defects, their innate ugliness.
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Innate
//ɪˈneɪt//
Synonyms for "innate" (90 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Verb(1 words)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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55 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἐγγενής adj (inborn)
- ἔμφυτος adj (inborn)
Arabic
1 entries- فِطْرِيّ adj (inborn)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вроден adj (inborn)
- присъщ adj (inborn)
Catalan
2 entries- ingènit adj (inborn)
- innat adj (inborn)
Chinese
4 entries- 先天 adj (inborn)
- 固有 adj (inborn)
- 天生 adj (inborn)
- 生做 adj (inborn)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 先天 adj (inborn)
- 固有 adj (inborn)
- 天生 adj (inborn)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 先天 adj (inborn)
- 固有 adj (inborn)
- 天生 adj (inborn)
Czech
1 entries- vrozený adj (inborn)
Dutch
1 entries- aangeboren adj (inborn)
Estonian
1 entries- kaasasündinud adj (inborn)
Finnish
2 entries- luontainen adj (inborn)
- synnynnäinen adj (inborn)
French
1 entries- inné adj (inborn)
Galician
1 entries- innato adj (inborn)
German
1 entries- angeboren adj (inborn)
Greek
2 entries- έμφυτος adj (inborn)
- εγγενής adj (inborn)
Hebrew
1 entries- מוֹלָד adj (inborn)
Hungarian
1 entries- veleszületett adj (inborn)
Icelandic
1 entries- meðfæddur adj (inborn)
Irish
1 entries- dúchasach adj (inborn)
Italian
1 entries- innato adj (inborn)
Japanese
3 entries- 先天的な adj (inborn)
- 固有の adj (inborn)
- 生れながら adj (inborn)
Lithuanian
1 entries- įgimtas adj (inborn)
Macedonian
2 entries- вро́ден adj (inborn)
- вродува verb (cause to exist)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- zikmakî adj (inborn)
Old English
1 entries- onġeboren adj (inborn)
Polish
2 entries- wrodzony adj (inborn)
- począć verb (cause to exist)
Portuguese
1 entries- inato adj (inborn)
Russian
3 entries- врождённый adj (inborn)
- прирождённый adj (inborn)
- порожда́ть verb (cause to exist)
Spanish
4 entries- congénito adj (inborn)
- connatural adj (inborn)
- consubstancial adj (inborn)
- ingénito adj (inborn)
Swedish
1 entries- medfödd adj (inborn)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bẩm sinh adj (inborn)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Generosity is innate in some people.
Source: tatoeba (21080)
That habit is acquired, not innate.
Source: tatoeba (46709)
Gauss had an innate talent for mathematical problems.
Source: tatoeba (63792)
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