born

See also: Born, börn, børn, and -born

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔːn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔɹn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n
• Homophones: borne, bourn, bourne (most accents), bawn (non-rhotic accents)

Etymology 1

From the verb to bear.

Verb

born

1. past participle of bear; given birth to.
2. (obsolete) past participle of bear in other senses.
   • Geddes

     In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born.

Translations

be born — see be born

Adjective

born (not comparable)

1. Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
   • 1942, Storm Jameson, Then we shall hear singing: a fantasy in C major

     I ought really to have called him my sergeant. He's a born sergeant. That's as much as to say he's a born scoundrel.

Hyponyms

• firstborn
• German-born
• highborn
• low-born
• newborn
• stillborn
• train-born
• twice-born

 

Derived terms

• born-again
• firstborn
• highborn
• low-born
• newborn
• stillborn
• stubborn
• train-born
• twice-born

 

Related terms

• born in a barn
• born killer
• born leader
• born loser
• born yesterday

 

Translations

given birth to

• Catalan: nascut, nat (ca)
• Chichewa: -badwa
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出生 (zh) (chūshēng)

• Czech: rozený (cs)
• Dalmatian: nascoit
• Dutch: geboren (nl)
• Finnish: syntynyt (fi)
• French: né (fr) m, née (fr) f
• Friulian: nassût, našût
• Georgian: დაბადებული (dabadebuli), შობილი (šobili)
• German: geboren (de)
• Indonesian: lahir (id)
• Istriot: nato

• Italian: nato (it)
• Japanese: 生まれた (ja) (うまれた, umareta)
• Ladin: nascù
• Norwegian: født (no)
• Occitan: nascut
• Portuguese: nascido (pt), nato (pt), nado (pt)
• Romanian: născut (ro)
• Romansch: naschì, naschiu, naschieu, nat
• Russian: рождённый (ru) (roždjónnyj), урождённый (ru) (uroždjónnyj) (rare), роди́вшийся (ru) (rodívšijsja)
• Sardinian: naschidu, nasciu, nassiu
• Sicilian: nasciutu (scn), natu (scn)
• Slovak: rodený
• Slovene: rojen (sl)
• Spanish: nacido (es), nato (es)
• Venetian: nato

See also

• borne

Etymology 2

Dialectal variant of burn.

Noun

born (plural borns)

1. (Geordie) Alternative spelling of burn (a stream)

References

• The New Geordie Dictionary, Frank Graham, 1987, →ISBN

Verb

born (third-person singular simple present borns, present participle bornin, simple past and past participle bornt)

1. (Geordie) Alternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.)

References

• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]

Anagrams

• Brno

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Dutch

Noun

born f (plural bornen)

1. (dialectal) Obsolete form of bron.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• barn

Noun

born n

1. indefinite plural of barn