nativity

WOTD – 25 December 2007    

See also Nativity

English

Etymology

Latin nativitas, birth

Pronunciation

• (RP, US) IPA: /nəˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, /nəˈtɪv.ə.ti/, X-SAMPA: /n@"tIv.I.ti/, /n@"tIv.@.ti/

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• Rhymes: -ɪvɪti

Noun

nativity (plural nativities)

1. Birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth.
2. (religion) The birth of Jesus Christ (the Nativity).
3. (astrology) A horoscope associated with a person's birth.

Derived terms

nativity play

Nativity Scene

Related terms

natal natality

native

natively

Translations

birth

• Italian: natività (it) f
• Maltese: twelied (mt)
• Polish: narodzenie (pl) n
• Romanian: naștere (ro) f

• Russian: рождение (ru) (roždénije), место рождения (ru) (mésto roždénija)
• Spanish: navidad (es) f, nacimiento (es) m

the birth of Jesus Christ

• Polish: narodzenie (pl) n
• Russian: Рождество (ru) (Roždestvo) n, рождество Христово (ru) (roždestvó Xristóvo) n

• Spanish: navidad (es) f

See also

• calvary