naissance
French
editEtymology
editFrom Old French naissance (12th c.), derived after Latin nāscentia (“birth”). By surface analysis, naître + -ance. Compare Catalan naixença, Occitan naissença.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /nɛ.sɑ̃s/ ~ /ne.sɑ̃s/
Audio (Paris): (file) - Homophone: naissances
- Hyphenation: nai‧ssance
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
Noun
editnaissance f (plural naissances)
- birth
- Synonym: venue au monde
- (figuratively) birth, invention, creation
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “naissance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editNoun
editnaissance f (plural naissances)
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