See also: naitre

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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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Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

naître

  1. (Jersey) to be born
    Antonym: mouothi