nativity scene

English

A wooden nativity scene in Germany

Noun

nativity scene (plural nativity scenes)

1. (Christianity) A depiction—which may be pictorial, dramatic, or by means of figurines—of the birth of Jesus Christ in a manger, as described in the New Testament account.

Synonyms

• crèche, creche

Related terms

• nativity play

Translations

nativity scene

• Catalan: pessebre (ca)
• Czech: betlém (cs) (model)
• Dutch: kerststal (nl)
• Finnish: jouluseimi (fi), seimi (fi)
• French: Crèche de Noël, crèche (fr)
• German: Weihnachtskrippe (de) f, Krippe (de) f
• Greek: φάτνη (el) f (fátni)
• Italian: presepe (it) m, presepio (it) m
• Konkani: गोटो (goṭo)
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• Latin: praesepe (la)
• Polish: betlejka (pl) f, szopka (pl) f, stajenka (pl) f, żłóbek (pl) m
• Portuguese: presépio (pt)
• Russian: рожде́ственский верте́п m (roždéstvenskij vertép)
• Spanish: belén (es) m, (Spain), nacimiento m (El Salvador, Chile, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Venezuela), pasito m (Costa Rica), pesebre (es) m (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela), portal m (Costa Rica)
• Swedish: julkrubba (sv) c
• Tagalog: belen

References

• "Nativity Scene" in the Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.