nativity
/nəˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/noun
nativity is spelled N-A-T-I-V-I-T-Y: 8 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, nativity means “Someone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of nativity is nativities.
How many letters and syllables are in nativity?
| Letters | 8: N-A-T-I-V-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.5 times per million words; the 22,965th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is nativity?
Nativity appears 1.5 times per million words in written English, the 22,965th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nativity?
- US /nəˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
- US /neɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
- /neːˈʈɪ.ʋɪ.ʈiː/
Nativity has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-nativity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with nativity?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as nativity from its last stressed vowel (/ɪvɪti/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of nativity
- nativities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nativity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
datedSomeone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth.
- 2
Someone's birth considered as a means of astrology; a horoscope associated with a person's birth.
- 3
The birth of Jesus.
- 4
The festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas Day; the festival celebrating the birth of the Virgin Mary or the birth of Saint John the Baptist.
- 5
A set of figurines used to create a nativity scene.
- 6
Origin; founding.
- 7
Place of origin; place to which a species is native.
- 8
The quality of being native or innate.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nativity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense birth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | navidad, nacimiento |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nativity come from?
From Middle English nativite, from Anglo-Norman nativite, Middle French nativite, and their source, Latin nātīvitās (“birth”). By surface analysis, native + -ity. See also naïveté.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).