naturalised

Describes a person who has been granted citizenship of a country after fulfilling legal requirements, or a plant/animal that has become established in a new environment.

• 🇩🇪Beschreibt eine Person, die nach Erfüllung rechtlicher Voraussetzungen die Staatsbürgerschaft eines Landes erhalten hat, oder eine Pflanze bzw. ein Tier, das sich in einer neuen Umgebung eingelebt hat.

1. Planted to appear wild C1 formal british

   Planted in a way that mimics natural, wild growth, rather than in formal rows or patterns.

   • The garden features naturalised daffodils that bloom across the lawn.
   • They created a naturalised area of bluebells under the trees.
   • Naturalised bulbs are left to spread and multiply on their own.

   🇩🇪Naturalisiert

   Synonyme: free forminformalnaturalisticuncontrivedwild

   Antonyme: arrangedcultivatedformalplantedstructured

• more naturalised comparative form
• most naturalised superlative form

A verb meaning to admit a foreigner to the citizenship of a country, or to introduce something into a new environment.

• 🇩🇪Jemandem die Staatsbürgerschaft eines Landes verleihen oder etwas in eine neue Umgebung einführen bzw. heimisch machen.

1. Grant citizenship B2 formal british

   To admit a foreigner to the citizenship of a country.

   • After living in the UK for ten years, she applied to be naturalised.
   • The government naturalised thousands of refugees last year.
   • He was naturalised as a citizen of Canada in 2010.

   🇩🇪Einbürgerung

   Synonyme: enfranchise

   Antonyme: banishdeportexileexpatriate

2. Adapt to a new environment B2 formal british scientific

   To introduce and establish a plant or animal into a region where it is not native, so it becomes wild and self-sustaining.

   • The botanist worked to naturalise the alpine flowers in the local park.
   • Several species of birds have been naturalised in this area.
   • They attempted to naturalise the exotic plant in the temperate climate.

   🇩🇪Naturalisieren

   Synonyme: acclimateacclimatizeestablishintroduce

3. Make more natural or lifelike C1 formal british art

   To make something appear more natural or realistic.

   • The artist used shading to naturalise the portrait.
   • The special effects team worked to naturalise the CGI character.
   • She tried to naturalise her accent when speaking the foreign language.

   🇩🇪Natürlicher machen

   Antonyme: abstract

4. Adopt a word or custom C1 formal british

   To adopt a foreign word, custom, or practice into common use in a different language or culture.

   • The English language has naturalised many French words.
   • The tradition of celebrating Halloween has been naturalised in many countries.
   • Linguists study how loanwords become naturalised in a language.

   🇩🇪Einbürgern

   Synonyme: acclimatizeacculturateadoptanglicizeassimilateborrowincorporate

• naturalised past participle
• naturalised past simple
• naturalising present participle
• naturalises third person singular