nascent

WOTD - 27 March 2008    

English

Etymology

From Latin nascēns, present participle of nascor (“I am born”).

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /ˈneɪ.sənt/, /ˈnæs.ənt/, SAMPA: /"neI.s@nt/, /"n{s.@nt/

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Adjective

nascent (not comparable)

1. Emerging; just coming into existence.

   India has a nascent space industry.

2. (chemistry) Of the state of an element at the time it is generated from some compound.

Synonyms

• (emerging): emergent, emerging, immature, inchoate, incipient, young

Derived terms

Terms derived from nascent

nascent hydrogen

nascent proteins

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to nascent

antenatal innate natal native

nativism natural naturel naturism

naturalism prenatal

Translations

emerging; just coming into existence

Finnish: aluillaan oleva (fi), nuori (fi) French: naissant (fr) German: aufkeimend (de), im Entstehen begriffen (de), werdend (de) Icelandic: sem er í myndun (is) f., sem er í mótun (is) f., sem er að fæðast (is) Latin: nascēns (la)

Norwegian: nyfødt (no) Polish: powstający (pl) m., rodzący się (pl) m. Russian: рождающийся (ru) (roždájuščijsya), зарождающийся (ru) (zaroždájuščijsya) возникающий (ru) (voznikájuščij), появляющийся (ru) (pojavlyájuščijsya), образующийся (ru) (obrazújuščijsya) Spanish: naciente (es)

in chemistry

German: naszierend

Norwegian: nydannet (no)

References

• nascent at OneLook Dictionary Search