nativité

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nativité, borrowed from Latin nātīvitātem. Cf. also naïveté.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /na.ti.vi.te/
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Noun

nativité f (plural nativités)

  1. nativity (birth of Jesus Christ)
  2. (obsolete) birth
    Synonym: naissance

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātīvitās.

Noun

nativité oblique singular, f (oblique plural nativitez, nominative singular nativité, nominative plural nativitez)

  1. birth
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