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

Related terms

• natif

 

Further reading

• “nativité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātīvitās.

Noun

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

1. birth