English Explanatory Dictionary

au naturel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In a natural state; without any artificial change; natural; also, done in a way to appear natural.
  2. Of a person: not wearing makeup and with one's natural hair colour.
  3. Of a person (especially a woman): having untrimmed pubic hair.
  4. Of food: prepared or served raw or very simply cooked.
  5. Of a person: in a state of not wearing clothes; in the nude, naked.
adv
  1. In a natural state; without any artificial change; naturally; also, in a way to appear natural.
  2. Of the action of a person: in a manner without makeup and with one's natural hair colour.
  3. Of the action of a person (especially a woman): in a manner with untrimmed pubic hair.
  4. Of the preparation or serving of food: in a raw or very simply cooked manner.
  5. Of the action of a person: in a naked manner; without clothes; in the nude, nakedly.

Pronunciation

/əʊ næt͡ʃʊˈɹɛl/ /-tjʊ-/ /ˌoʊ ˌnætəˈɹɛl/ [-ɾə-] /-t͡ʃə-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-au naturel.wav

Word forms

au naturel

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French au naturel (“in the natural state; cooked plainly”), from au (“at the; in the; to the”) + naturel (“natural”) (ultimately borrowed from Latin nātūrālis (“of or relating to nature”), from nātūra (“natural world, nature”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship)). Nātūra is derived from nāscor (“to be born; to grow, spring forth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (“to beget; to give birth; to produce”)) + -tūra (suffix forming action nouns denoting activities or their results).

Synonyms

all-natural au naturel bare bare-ass bare-assed bare-bottomed bare-bum bare-butt barefoot all over bare naked bareskin bare-skinned Billy bollocks bollock naked bollocky buck ass naked buck naked butt-ass naked butt-naked butt-stinking clothesless clothingless denuded exposed Harry starkers in all one's glory in a state of nature in one's birthday suit in puris naturalibus in the buff in the altogether in the nuddy in the nude in the pink in the raw in the scud kaalgat mother-naked naked naked as the day one was born naked as a jaybird nakers nakie nakes nakey nekkid nip nude nudie nudy rudy scud scuddy skyclad stark bollock naked stark naked starkers start naked stone naked unclad unclothed

Related words

natural naturism

Translations

Finnish: luonnollinen Finnish: luonnollisesti
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