naître

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See also: naitre

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French naistre, from Old French naistre, from Latin nascere.

Pronunciation

Verb

naître

  1. (intransitive) to be born

Conjugation

Conjugation of naître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple naître
compound être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple naissant
/nɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ne.sɑ̃/
compound étant + past participle
past participle né
/ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present nais
/nɛ/ 		nais
/nɛ/ 		naît
/nɛ/ 		naissons
/nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ne.sɔ̃/ 		naissez
/nɛ.se/ or /ne.se/ 		naissent
/nɛs/
imperfect naissais
/nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/ 		naissais
/nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/ 		naissait
/nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/ 		naissions
/nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ne.sjɔ̃/ 		naissiez
/nɛ.sje/ or /ne.sje/ 		naissaient
/nɛ.sɛ/ or /ne.sɛ/
past historic2 naquis
/na.ki/ 		naquis
/na.ki/ 		naquit
/na.ki/ 		naquîmes
/na.kim/ 		naquîtes
/na.kit/ 		naquirent
/na.kiʁ/
future naîtrai
/nɛ.tʁe/ or /ne.tʁe/ 		naîtras
/nɛ.tʁa/ or /ne.tʁa/ 		naîtra
/nɛ.tʁa/ or /ne.tʁa/ 		naîtrons
/nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁɔ̃/ 		naîtrez
/nɛ.tʁe/ or /ne.tʁe/ 		naîtront
/nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁɔ̃/
conditional naîtrais
/nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ 		naîtrais
/nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ 		naîtrait
/nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/ 		naîtrions
/nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		naîtriez
/nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ne.tʁi.je/ 		naîtraient
/nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ne.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of être + past participle
future perfect future of être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present naisse
/nɛs/ 		naisses
/nɛs/ 		naisse
/nɛs/ 		naissions
/nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ne.sjɔ̃/ 		naissiez
/nɛ.sje/ or /ne.sje/ 		naissent
/nɛs/
imperfect2 naquisse
/na.kis/ 		naquisses
/na.kis/ 		naquît
/na.ki/ 		naquissions
/na.ki.sjɔ̃/ 		naquissiez
/na.ki.sje/ 		naquissent
/na.kis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — nais
/nɛ/ 		— naissons
/nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ne.sɔ̃/ 		naissez
/nɛ.se/ or /ne.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of être + past participle — simple imperative of être + past participle simple imperative of être + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Etymology

Inherited from Old French naistre, from Latin nascere.

Verb

naître

  1. (Jersey) to be born
    Antonym: mouothi
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