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"birth" in seven languages

Meaningbirth

Spanish

nacimiento

/naθiˈmjento/

masc.inherited

Built on nacer 'to be born' + -miento.

French

naissance

/nɛsɑ̃s/

fem.inherited

Built on naître 'to be born'.

Italian

nascita

/ˈnaʃʃita/

fem.inherited

Built on nascere 'to be born'.

Portuguese

nascimento

/nasiˈmẽtu/

masc.inherited

Built on nascer 'to be born'.

Romanian

naștere

/ˈnaʃtere/

fem.inherited

The long infinitive of naște 'to give birth, be born'.

Catalan

naixement

/nəʃəˈmen/

masc.inherited

Built on néixer 'to be born'.

English

birth

/bɝθ/

native English · Middle English birthe, related to bear

English → ItalianbirthnascitaNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: native, nation, nature, Renaissance, prenatal.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

NĀSCĪ (spoken *NĀSCERE)‘to be born’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Each sister made its own noun from the verb 'to be born': nacer, naître, nascere. French naissance is the root of the Renaissance, the 'rebirth'.

English relatives: native, nation, nature, Renaissance, prenatal

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In a sentence

  • esEscriba aquí su fecha de nacimiento.
  • frÉcrivez ici votre date de naissance.
  • itScriva qui la sua data di nascita.
  • ptEscreva aqui a sua data de nascimento.
  • roScrieți aici data nașterii.
  • caEscriviu aquí la vostra data de naixement.
  • enWrite your date of birth here.

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