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near-native

adj
/nɪə̯ˈneɪ̯tɪv/UK

Etymology

From near + native.

  1. derived from nātīvus
  2. derived from natif
  3. inherited from natif
  4. formed as near-native — “near + native”

Definitions

  1. Nearly native

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

  2. A person who is not native.

    • […] these data constitute little support for the notion of generalized competence differences between natives and near-natives.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for near-native. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA