naissant

French naissant (“being born”). Doublet of nascent.

naissant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Having only its forepart shown, especially if because it is issuing from an ordinary or division of the field. (Compare issuant.)

   Synonym: nascent

• jessant

• “naissant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Inherited from Latin nascentem.

• IPA^(key): /nɛ.sɑ̃/, /ne.sɑ̃/

naissant

1. present participle of naître
2. present participle of naitre

naissant (feminine naissante, masculine plural naissants, feminine plural naissantes)

1. nascent, incipient
2. budding, dawning, awakening

• “naissant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

naissant (feminine singular naissante, masculine plural naissans, feminine plural naissantes)

1. present participle of naistre
2. (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of naistre