firstborn

English

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Etymology

first + born

Noun

firstborn (plural firstborns)

1. The first child to be born to a parent or family.

Synonyms

• primogeniture

Translations

the first child in a family

Armenian: անդրանիկ (hy) (andranik) Catalan: primogènit m., primogènita f. Czech: prvorozený (cs) m. Dutch: eerstgeborene (nl) m. Ewe: ŋgɔgbevi Finnish: esikoinen (fi) Galician: primoxénito (gl) m., primoxénita (gl) f. German: Erstgeborene (de) f., m.

Italian: primogenito (it) m. Macedonian: првенец (mk) (prvenec) m. Portuguese: primogênito (pt) m., primogênita (pt) f. Romanian: primul născut m., prima născută f. Russian: первенец (ru) (pérvenec) m. Scottish Gaelic: ciad-ghin m. Spanish: primogénito (es) m., primogénita (es) f.

Adjective

firstborn

1. Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
2. Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

Translations

born as the first one in a family

Armenian: անդրանիկ (hy) (andranik) Czech: prvorozený (cs) m. Finnish: esikois- (fi), vanhin (fi) Galician: primoxénito (gl)

German: erstgeboren (de) Italian: primogenito (it) m. Macedonian: првороден (mk) (prvoróden) m.

most excellent or distinguished

Finnish: ykkös- (fi), vanhin (fi)

Macedonian: првокласен (mk) (prvoklásen) m.

References

• firstborn in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• firstborn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913