born

Meaning

Verb

1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of bear; given birth to.
2. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past) past participle of bear in other senses.

Adj

Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

Noun

Alternative spelling of burn (a stream)

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bear

• Noun
• Verb
• Adj
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Synonyms

produced

innate

appear

arise

natural

arisen

bear

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come into being

nee

grown

created

inborn

be born

begotten

to be

alive

beget

birth

breed

bring forth

come about

give birth

give birth to

incarnate

inherent

native

original

originate

originated

produce

rise

conveyed

by nature

discovered

engender

engendered

fall down

finding

found

generate

generated

sire

sprung

grow

by birth

happen

blossom

🌼

come into existence

turn up

birthday

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Translations

geboren

nato

né

naître

nacer

nacido

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geboren

🐣

nato

🐣

nascer

née

γεννημένος

nascut

ertragene

originaire

nascere

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔːn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: born

Inherited from Old English: boren

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: gebooren

Cognate with Western Frisian: berne

Cognate with Dutch: geboren

Cognate with German: geboren

Cognate with Swedish: boren

In summary

From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”).

Sentences

I said I wish I'd never been born .

Hooker was born in Norwich .

Partridge was born in Norway , Maine , a town in Oxford County .

He was born in Viauville, Montreal , Quebec .

Broadfoot was born in North Vancouver , British Columbia to a religious family .

Bouchard was born in Flint , Michigan .