naître
See also: naitre
French
Alternative forms
- naitre (1990 spelling reform)
Etymology
From Middle French and Old French naistre, from Vulgar Latin *nascere, from the Latin deponent verb nāscor, from earlier gnāscor, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɛtʁ/
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Verb
naître
- (intransitive) to be born
Conjugation
Conjugation of naître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | naître | être né | |||||
| gerund | en naissant | en étant né | |||||
| present participle | naissant /nɛ.sɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | né /ne/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | nais /nɛ/ |
nais /nɛ/ |
naît /nɛ/ |
naissons /nɛ.sɔ̃/ |
naissez /nɛ.se/ |
naissent /nɛs/ |
| imperfect | naissais /nɛ.sɛ/ |
naissais /nɛ.sɛ/ |
naissait /nɛ.sɛ/ |
naissions /nɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
naissiez /nɛ.sje/ |
naissaient /nɛ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | naquis /na.ki/ |
naquis /na.ki/ |
naquit /na.ki/ |
naquîmes /na.kim/ |
naquîtes /na.kit/ |
naquirent /na.kiʁ/ | |
| future | naîtrai /nɛ.tʁe/ |
naîtras /nɛ.tʁa/ |
naîtra /nɛ.tʁa/ |
naîtrons /nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
naîtrez /nɛ.tʁe/ |
naîtront /nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | naîtrais /nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
naîtrais /nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
naîtrait /nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
naîtrions /nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
naîtriez /nɛ.tʁi.je/ |
naîtraient /nɛ.tʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | naisse /nɛs/ |
naisses /nɛs/ |
naisse /nɛs/ |
naissions /nɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
naissiez /nɛ.sje/ |
naissent /nɛs/ |
| imperfect1 | naquisse /na.kis/ |
naquisses /na.kis/ |
naquît /na.ki/ |
naquissions /na.ki.sjɔ̃/ |
naquissiez /na.ki.sje/ |
naquissent /na.kis/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | nais /nɛ/ |
— | naissons /nɛ.sɔ̃/ |
naissez /nɛ.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “naître” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- arétin, entrai, inerta, raient, renait, renaît, reniât, rentai, riante, tenir à, traine, trainé, traîne, traîné
Norman
Etymology
From Old French naistre, from Vulgar Latin *nascere, from Latin nāscor, nāscī.
Verb
naître
Antonyms
- mouothi (“to die”)
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