naître
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French [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Middle French and Old French naistre, ultimately from the Latin deponent verb nāscor
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
naître
- (intransitive) to be born
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of naître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | naître | être né | |||||
| gerund | en naissant | en étant né | |||||
| present participle | naissant | ||||||
| past participle | né | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | nais | nais | naît | naissons | naissez | naissent |
| imperfect | naissais | naissais | naissait | naissions | naissiez | naissaient | |
| past historic1 | naquis | naquis | naquit | naquîmes | naquîtes | naquirent | |
| future | naîtrai | naîtras | naîtra | naîtrons | naîtrez | naîtront | |
| conditional | naîtrais | naîtrais | naîtrait | naîtrions | naîtriez | naîtraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | naisse | naisses | naisse | naissions | naissiez | naissent |
| imperfect1 | naquisse | naquisses | naquît | naquissions | naquissiez | naquissent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | nais | — | naissons | naissez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
- arétin, entrai, inerta, raient, renait, renaît, reniât, rentai, riante, tenir à, traine, trainé, traîne, traîné
Jèrriais [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French naistre, from Latin nāscor, nāscī.
Verb [edit]
naître
- to be born
Antonyms [edit]
- mouothi (“to die”)
