naissant

From Middle French naissant (literally “being born”).^[1] 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 nāscentem.

• 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