different between nascent vs nubile

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nasc?ns, nasc?ntis, present participle of nascor (“I am born”). Doublet of naissant.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

nascent (not comparable)

1. Emerging; just coming into existence.
2. (mathematics, obsolete) Describing a quantity of object that is starting to grow from zero or an infinitesimal beginning. Also the creation or identification of an infinitesimal delta.
3. Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept.
4. (chemistry) Of the state of an element at the time it is being generated from some compound or transitioning from one state to another; Newly released from a compound (especially hydrogen and oxygen) by a chemical reaction or electrolysis and possessing heightened reactivity; Newly synthesized (especially protein or RNA) by translation or transcription.

Synonyms

• (emerging): emergent, emerging, immature, inchoate, incipient, infant, in statu nascendi

Antonyms

• dying
• moribund

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

• nascent at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “nascent”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Etymology

From French nubile, from Latin n?bilis (“marriageable”), from n?b? (“marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *snewb?- (“to marry, to wed”). Possibly cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (númph?, “bride, young wife, nymph”) (English nymph), but this is disputed.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?nuba?l/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nju?ba?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

nubile (comparative more nubile, superlative most nubile)

1. Of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman). [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: eligible, marriageable, wifeable
2. Sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).

   Synonyms: foxy; see also Thesaurus:sexy

Usage notes

For a man, especially a young man, eligible is sometimes used as the corresponding term in the sense ‘marriageable’, particularly in the phrase eligible bachelor.

Derived terms

• nubility

Related terms

• connubial
• nuptial, nuptials

Translations

Noun

nubile (plural nubiles)

1. A young sexually attractive woman.

Anagrams

• beluin, unible

French

Etymology

From Latin n?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.bil/

Adjective

nubile (plural nubiles)

1. nubile

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin n?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nu.bi.le/

Adjective

nubile (plural nubili)

1. unmarried

Noun

nubile f (plural nubili)

1. unmarried woman
2. spinster

Related terms

• nubilato

See also

• celibe

Latin

Adjective

n?bile

1. vocative masculine singular of n?bilus