non-native

See also: nonnative

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

non- +‎ native

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /nɒnˈneɪtɪv/
  • Rhymes: -eɪtɪv
  • Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Adjective

non-native (not comparable)

  1. Not native; not indigenous to a particular area; foreign; invasive.

Usage notes
  • The hyphenated and solid forms are similarly common in the American corpus, while the hyphenated form outperforms the solid one by factor 4.3 in the British corpus.[1] GPO manual item 6.29. recommends to spell non- prefixed words without a hyphen unless an overriding consideration applies.[2]

Translations

Noun

non-native (plural non-natives)

  1. A person who is not native.

References
  1. [non - native/nonnative] at Google Ngram Viewer
  2. 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
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