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)
• Bulgarian: първороден (bg) (pǎrvoroden) m
• Catalan: primogènit m, primogènita f
• Czech: prvorozený (cs) m
• Dutch: eerstgeborene (nl) m
• Ewe: ŋgɔgbevi
• Finnish: esikoinen (fi)
• French: premier-né (fr), aîné (fr), ainé (fr)
• 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)
• Bulgarian: първороден (bg) (pǎrvoroden)
• 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