naissant
English
Etymology
French naissant (“being born”). Doublet of nascent.
Adjective
naissant (not comparable)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “naissant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
French
Etymology
From Latin nascens, nascentem.
Pronunciation
Participle
naissant
Adjective
naissant (feminine naissante, masculine plural naissants, feminine plural naissantes)
Further reading
- “naissant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Verb
naissant (feminine singular naissante, masculine plural naissans, feminine plural naissantes)
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