Polyglot Dictionary

naître

/nɛtʁ/

verb A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
naît
past
est né
perfect
né

Meaning

  1. to be born

V Category State Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

voir le jour

naître and "voir le jour" are close synonyms for "to be born"; "voir le jour" also more broadly means "to come into being."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

nacer

nacer is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to be born."

Portuguese

nascer

nascer is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to be born."

Practice

1 What does naître mean?

2 Fill the gap: Elle ___ née à Marseille en 1995.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches naître?

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