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naissance

noun
nais·​sance | \ ˈnāsᵊn(t)s\
plural -s

Definition of naissance

: an original issue or growth educational broadcasting, now in its crisis of naissance— R. L. Shayon —sometimes distinguished from renaissance

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History and Etymology for naissance

French, birth, origin, from Middle French, from nais- (stem of naitre to be born) + -ance

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