naissain
French, noun/nɛ.sɛ̃/
naissain is spelled N-A-I-S-S-A-I-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naissain is a French masculine noun meaning “spat (of shellfish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Embryons ou larves des huîtres et des moules, dans les parcs où on les élève”.
What does naissain mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespat (of shellfish)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Embryons ou larves des huîtres et des moules, dans les parcs où on les élève.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of naissain
- naissains plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naissain?
- /nɛ.sɛ̃/
- /ne.sɛ̃/
- \nɛ.sɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is naissain in French?
naissain appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).