nativity

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, dated, uncountable) Someone's birth; the place, time and circumstances of a birth.
2. (countable, uncountable) Someone's birth considered as a means of astrology; a horoscope associated with a person's birth.
3. (also, countable, uncountable) The birth of Jesus.
4. (also, countable, uncountable) The festival celebrating the birth of Jesus, Christmas Day; the festival celebrating the birth of the Virgin Mary or the birth of Saint John the Baptist.
5. (also, countable, uncountable) A set of figurines used to create a nativity scene.
6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Origin; founding.
7. (countable, uncountable) Place of origin; place to which a species is native.
8. (countable, uncountable) The quality of being native or innate.

Sinonieme

birth

nascency

nascence

crib

generation

genesis

horoscope

Christmas

births

procreation

progeniture

live birth

conception

Anahit

Vertalings

naissance

nacimiento

Geburt

γέννηση

natività

nascimento

natividad

nascita

geboorte

navidad

doğuş

ωροσκόπιο

naixement

Nativité

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/nəˈtɪvɪti/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: nativite

In summary

From Middle English nativite, from Anglo-Norman nativite, Middle French nativite, and their source, Latin nātīvitās (“birth”). By surface analysis, native + -ity. See also naïveté.