nativity

1. 1.

   the event of being born

   “they celebrated the birth of their first child”

   Synonymsbirthnascencynascence

   Broaderchange

   Narrowerdeliverylive birthposthumous birthreincarnation
2. 2.

   the theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father; Christians believe that Jesus's birth fulfilled Old Testament prophecies and was attended by miracles; the Nativity is celebrated at Christmas

   SynonymsVirgin Birth

   Broadertheological doctrine

   Part ofChristian theology

Other forms of nativity

plural

nativities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about nativity

What does nativity mean?

nativity means "the event of being born". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in nativity?

nativity has 4 syllables: na-tiv-i-ty. The stress falls on "tiv". In IPA it is /nəˈtɪvəti/.

What is another word for nativity?

Close synonyms include birth, nascency, nascence, Virgin Birth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is nativity a common word?

nativity is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with nativity?

11 words rhyme with nativity. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.