naissant

English

Etymology

French naissant (“being born”)

Adjective

naissant (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) jessant

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for naissant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

From Latin nascens, nascentem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɛ.sɑ̃/

Verb

naissant

  1. present participle of naître
  2. present participle of naitre

Adjective

naissant (feminine singular naissante, masculine plural naissants, feminine plural naissantes)

  1. nascent, incipient
  2. budding, dawning, awakening

Further reading

Middle French

Verb

naissant (plural naissans)

  1. present participle of naistre
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