born

See also: Born, börn, børn, and -born

English

Pronunciation

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

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.
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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.
References
  • Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,

Anagrams

Dutch

Noun

born f (plural bornen)

  1. (dialectal) Obsolete form of bron.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

born n

  1. indefinite plural of barn
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