nativitat
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nātīvitās (“birth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [nə.ti.βiˈtat]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [nə.ti.viˈtat]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [na.ti.viˈtat]
Proper noun
nativitat f
- birth
- (Christianity) the birth of Jesus as described in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke
- (Christianity) Festivity to celebrat the birth of Jesus (Christmas), Mary or John the Baptist
Further reading
- “nativitat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “nativitat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “nativitat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.