naissance

From Old French naissance (12th c.), derived after Latin nāscentia (“birth”). By surface analysis, naître +‎ -ance. Compare Catalan naixença, Occitan naissença.

• IPA^(key): /nɛ.sɑ̃s/ ~ /ne.sɑ̃s/

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• Homophone: naissances
• Hyphenation: nai‧ssance
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

naissance f (plural naissances)

1. birth

   Synonym: venue au monde

2. (figuratively) birth, invention, creation

• naître
• natalité

• “naissance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

naissance f (plural naissances)

1. birth
2. (figuratively) birth; invention; creation