naissant

English
Party per fess: gules a demi-lion naissant argent; and argent.
Azure, semé-de-lis or, a lion naissant argent.

Etymology

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

Adjective

naissant (not comparable)

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

See also

References
  • naissant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Etymology

From Latin nascens, nascentem.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nɛ.sɑ̃/, /ne.sɑ̃/

Participle

naissant

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

Adjective

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

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

Further reading

Middle French

Verb

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
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