reborn

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English born

English reborn

From re- + born.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)n

Adjective

reborn (not comparable)

1. Revived or regenerated, especially emotionally or spiritually.
2. (often postpositive) Reincarnated.

Derived terms

• rebornness
• unreborn

Translations

revived or regenerated, especially emotionally or spiritually

• Armenian: վերածնված (veracnvac)
• Bulgarian: възроден (bg) (vǎzroden)
• Dutch: herboren (nl)
• Finnish: uudestisyntynyt
• French: rené (fr)
• German: wiedergeboren (de)
• Greek: αναγεννημένος (el) m (anagenniménos)
• Hindi: पुनर्जीवित (punarjīvit)
• Hungarian: újjászületett (hu)
• Japanese: 生まれ変わった (umarekawatta)
• Macedonian: пре́роден (préroden)
• Old Norse: endrborinn
• Polish: odrodzony
• Portuguese: renascido
• Romanian: renăscut (ro)
• Russian: возрождённый m (vozroždjónnyj), возроди́вшийся (ru) (vozrodívšijsja)
• Swedish: pånyttfödd (sv), återfödd (sv)
• Ukrainian: відро́джений (vidródženyj)

reincarnated

• Bulgarian: прероден (bg) (preroden)
• Finnish: jälleensyntynyt
• French: réincarné (fr)
• German: reinkarniert
• Greek: μετενσαρκωμένος (el) m (metensarkoménos)
• Hungarian: újjászületett (hu), újraszületett, reinkarnálódott
• Japanese: 生まれ変わった (umarekawatta)
• Macedonian: пре́роден (préroden)
• Polish: wskrzeszony m
• Portuguese: reencarnado
• Romanian: reîncarnat
• Russian: перевоплощённый m (perevoploščónnyj), (revived) воскрешённый m (voskrešónnyj)
• Swedish: reinkarnerad (sv)
• Ukrainian: переро́джений (pereródženyj)

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• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} gjenfødt

Noun

reborn (plural reborns)

A reborn doll

1. A manufactured vinyl doll that has been transformed to resemble a human baby with as much realism as possible.
   • 2015, Michele White, Producing Women, page 86:

     People's passionate reactions to reborns include moments of discomfort that happen across the skin and through the body.

   • 2015, Carmen M. Cusack, Laws Relating to Sex, Pregnancy, and Infancy, page 31:

     Some treat reborns as dolls, but others treat reborns as children. Adults who treat dolls as children or adults who play with dolls may face ridicule […]

Related terms

• reborning

Translations

realistic vinyl doll

• Bulgarian: ребо́рн (rebórn)
• Portuguese: bebê reborn, reborn

See also

• born-again, born again
• rebirth

Anagrams

• Borner, Broner