"nativity" meaning in English

See nativity in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /nəˈtɪvɪti/ Audio: en-us-nativity.ogg [US] Forms: nativity [singular], nativities [plural]
Head templates: {{noun|2=nativities}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A nativity is the birth of someone. In modern times, it is used almost only to refer to the birth of Jesus.
    Sense id: simple-nativity-en-noun-fTrdOF47
  2. A nativity is a group of figurines that represent the birth of Jesus.
    Sense id: simple-nativity-en-noun-9CCmTyUk
     
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nativity",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nativities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "2": "nativities"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A nativity is the birth of someone. In modern times, it is used almost only to refer to the birth of Jesus."
      ],
      "id": "simple-nativity-en-noun-fTrdOF47"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A nativity is a group of figurines that represent the birth of Jesus."
      ],
      "id": "simple-nativity-en-noun-9CCmTyUk"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nəˈtɪvɪti/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-nativity.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nativity"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nativity",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nativities",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "2": "nativities"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A nativity is the birth of someone. In modern times, it is used almost only to refer to the birth of Jesus."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A nativity is a group of figurines that represent the birth of Jesus."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/nəˈtɪvɪti/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-nativity.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Audio"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nativity"
}

Download raw JSONL data for nativity meaning in English (0.6kB)

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-09 from the simplewiktionary dump dated 2025-03-02 using wiktextract (32c88e6 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.