naissance

noun

nais·​sance

ˈnāsᵊn(t)s

plural -s

: an original issue or growth

educational broadcasting, now in its crisis of naissance

—R. L. Shayon

—sometimes distinguished from renaissance

Word History

Etymology

French, birth, origin, from Middle French, from nais- (stem of naitre to be born) + -ance

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