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nascent

/ˈneɪ.sənt/ Canada, UK, US
/ˈnæs.ənt/ Canada, UK, US
/ˈnæɪ.sənt/ Australia
/ˈnæs.ənt/ Australia

Rhymes with -eɪsənt, -æsənt

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin nāscēns, nāscentis, present participle of nāscor (“to be born”). Doublet of naissant.

adjective

not comparable Emerging; just coming into existence. In the firſt, the Pope was but Antichriſt naſcent ; In the ſecond, Antichriſt creſcent ; In the third, Antichriſt regnant ; but in this fourth, he is made Lord of the Catholike faith, and Antichriſt triumphant[…]
Similar: emergent, emerging, immature, inchoate, incipient, infant, in statu nascendi
not comparable Describing the state, aspect, or practice of an abstract concept. For, as we have ſhewn, the original Uſe of it was to ſupport naſcent Hero-Worſhip.
not comparable Of the state of an element at the time it is being generated from some compound or transitioning from one state to another; Newly released from a compound (especially hydrogen and oxygen) by a chemical reaction or electrolysis and possessing heightened reactivity; Newly synthesized (especially protein or RNA) by translation or transcription. There are no reasons for supposing that any of the residual atmospheric oxygen is immediately combined with fixed or nascent hydrogen, or hydrocarbonate, in the venous blood at 98°, by slow combustion, and consequently none for supposing that water is immediately formed in respiration.
not comparable Naissant. […] charges of blazonry, bends sinister and bends dexter, lions couchant, lions nascent, and[…]
not comparable, obsolete Describing a quantity of object that is starting to grow from zero or an infinitesimal beginning; Also the creation or identification of an infinitesimal delta. Fluxions are very nearly as the Augments of the Fluents, generated in equal, but infinitely ſmall parts of Time ; and to ſpeak exactly, are in the Prime Ratio of the naſcent Augments : but they may be expounded by any Lines that are proportional to ’em.

Opposite: dying, moribund

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: emergent, emerging, aborning, incipient, inchoate, resulting, initial, early, reborn, new, rebirth, fugitive, freshman, start-up, fledgling, young

adjective

Opposite: dying, moribund

Translations

Every language

adj emerging; just coming into existence

Español	naciente, nasciente (disused)
日本語	生まれそうな umaresōna
Français	naissant, émergent
Deutsch	aufkeimend, im Entstehen begriffen, werdend, aufkommend, frischgebacken, gerade entstehend
Русский	рожда́ющийся roždájuščijsja, зарожда́ющийся zaroždájuščijsja, возника́ющий voznikájuščij, появля́ющийся pojavljájuščijsja, образу́ющийся obrazújuščijsja

adj in chemistry

Deutsch	naszierend

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@misc{nascent_2026,
  title = {nascent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nascent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}