naissance

American  

[ney-suhns] / ˈneɪ səns /

noun

1. a birth, an origination, or a growth, as that of a person, an organization, an idea, or a movement.

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Usage

What is naissance? A naissance is the beginning or birth of a person or idea, as in The naissance of our company came from the founder’s desire to work from home.Naissance is usually used to describe the beginning of something that is or is expected to be very important, large, or impressive.Naissance is also sometimes used to describe the birth of a person, because naissance is also the French term for birth.Example: We are in the naissance of online trading right now, but one day it will be huge.

Etymology

Origin of naissance

1480–90; < French, Middle French, equivalent to nais- (stem of naître to be born < Vulgar Latin *nāscere, for Latin nāscī ) + -ance -ance

Example Sentences

The ‘Shrek’-naissance is upon us.

From Los Angeles Times

As Colette remarked about “La Naissance du Jour,” a book she designated by no other descriptor than “feminine,” “You may have sensed in this novel that the novel does not exist?”

From Los Angeles Times

Sénécal said the film industry was experiencing a “naissance” — but then came the 2010 earthquake, which killed more than 220,000 people and reduced movie theaters to rubble.

From Washington Post

In 1996, Mr. Moix won the Goncourt prize for a first novel, which is separate from the Goncourt itself, and in 2013 he won the Renaudot, another French literary prize, for his novel “Naissance,” which also explored childhood trauma.

From New York Times

Like with the warning-turned-wisdom of his poetic naissance, Mase characteristically turned this bad advice into a book of blessings and poems that unabashedly address the messier parts of grief.

From Seattle Times