Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word naissance.

Examples

  • Might it spur an arts renaissance (really a "naissance") on the Eastside?

    Crosscut 2010

  • I was ecstatic when I discovered my dad's naissance record in Sedan and my grandparents mariage record in Paris.

    livre d'or - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • It was while reading a chapter called "The birth ..." or "La naissance de Jésus" to my daughter that I felt a lump in my throat and a sting in my eyes.

    mangeoire - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • That the internet has not, and will not, touch off a third-world naissance of giant breakthroughs of innovation, is an embarassment to the egalitarians.

    Atoms, Bits, and Growth, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • By contrast, La naissance de Vénus was an homage to the old masters, suggesting eroticism without the overt suggestion of sex.

    Girls Go Postal! | Cabanel’s “The Birth of Venus” 2009

  • It was while reading a chapter called "The birth ..." or "La naissance de Jésus" to my daughter that I felt a lump in my throat and a sting in my eyes.

    French Word-A-Day: 2009

  • A 15-year project, written by 398 scholars from 27 countries, it is edited by a Jesuit priest, Michael F. Saurez, and an expert in the English R.naissance, H.R. Woudhuysen.

    The Bible of Bibliomania 2010

  • A 15-year project, written by 398 scholars from 27 countries, it is edited by a Jesuit priest, Michael F. Saurez, and an expert in the English R.naissance, H.R. Woudhuysen.

    The Bible of Bibliomania 2010

  • A 15-year project, written by 398 scholars from 27 countries, it is edited by a Jesuit priest, Michael F. Saurez, and an expert in the English R.naissance, H.R. Woudhuysen.

    The Bible of Bibliomania 2010

  • A 15-year project, written by 398 scholars from 27 countries, it is edited by a Jesuit priest, Michael F. Saurez, and an expert in the English R.naissance, H.R. Woudhuysen.

    The Bible of Bibliomania 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • You can't have a renaissance without one.

    September 28, 2008

  • haha! good point. Let's go to the naissance faire!

    May 23, 2009