naître

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See also: naitre

French[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French naistre, from Old French naistre, from Vulgar Latin *nascĕre[1] (perfect *nacuī[2] or *naxī), from Latin nāscī, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /nɛtʁ/, /nɛːtʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtʁ

Verb[edit]

naître

  1. (intransitive) to be born

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Etymology and history of “naitre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  2. ^ Grandgent, Charles Hall (1907) An Introduction to Vulgar Latin (Heath's Modern Language Series), D. C. Heath & Company, page 207

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Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French naistre, from Vulgar Latin *nascĕre, from Latin nāscor, nāscī.

Verb[edit]

naître

  1. (Jersey) to be born
    Antonym: mouothi