different between naissance vs nascence

French

Etymology

From the verb naître (“to be born”), based on Latin nascentia (“birth”). Compare Catalan naixença, Occitan naissença.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /n?.s??s/
• Homophone: naissances
• Hyphenation: nai?ssance
• Rhymes: -??s

Noun

naissance f (plural naissances)

1. birth
2. (figuratively) birth; invention; creation

Derived terms

Related terms

• naître
• natalité

Further reading

• “naissance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Noun

naissance f (plural naissances)

1. birth
2. (figuratively) birth; invention; creation

English

Etymology

From Latin nascentem (“arising young, immature”), present participle of nasci (“to be born”) (Old Latin gnasci; see genus).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?ne?.s?ns/

Noun

nascence (plural nascences)

1. (rare) Birth.
   • 2004, Linda Dorrell, The Trees of Eden: A Novel, Fleming H Revell Company (?ISBN):

     He had discerned that I was with child. He was a physician first. When he came around offering to see me through my baby's nascence, Mother so thoroughly scolded him for his audacity that he was again left speechless. "I will see to the birth ..."

2. Coming into being; inception, beginning.
   • 2014, Terry Rey, Bourdieu on Religion: Imposing Faith and Legitimacy, Routledge (?ISBN), page 119:

     Careful examination of Romaine's prophecy reveals the operative nature of the Kongolese religious habitus in the nascence of Haitian Vodou, a religion that truly began to crystallize during the Revolution.

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