Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nascence

/ˈneɪ.səns/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nascence
IPA: /ˈneɪ.səns/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Coming into being; inception, beginning.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He had discerned that I was with child. He was a physician first. When he came around offering to see me through my baby's nascence, Mother so thoroughly scolded him for his audacity that he was again left speechless. "I will see to the birth ...""
"Careful examination of Romaine's prophecy reveals the operative nature of the Kongolese religious habitus in the nascence of Haitian Vodou, a religion that truly began to crystallize during the Revolution."

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin nāscentia + -ence, from nāscentem (“arising young, immature”), present participle of nāscī (“to be born”) (Old Latin gnāscī; see genus). Doublet of nascency.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: la:nāscentia
Root: gnāscī
Suffix: -ence

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈneɪ.səns/
British English: /ˈneɪ.səns/

Usage

Inflected Forms

nascences (plural)

Derived Forms

connascence

Synonyms

nascentness birth nativity nascency

Questions

How do you pronounce nascence?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈneɪ.səns/.
What does nascence mean?: Birth.
Where does nascence come from?: Adapted borrowing of Latin nāscentia + -ence, from nāscentem (“arising young, immature”), present participle of nāscī (“to be born”) (Old Latin gnāscī; see genus). Doublet of nascency.

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