naissance
French, noun/nɛ.sɑ̃s/
naissance is spelled N-A-I-S-S-A-N-C-E (9 letters) and appears 62 times per million words in written French, the 1,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naissance is a French feminine noun meaning “birth” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Venue d’un être à la vie”.
What does naissance mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebirth
- 2
femininebirth, invention, creation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Venue d’un être à la vie. 2. Origine ; extraction. 3. Noblesse. 4. Commencement.
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 naissance
- naissances plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naissance?
- /nɛ.sɑ̃s/
- /ne.sɑ̃s/
- \nɛ.sɑ̃s\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to naissance
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is naissance in French?
naissance appears 62 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).