Born
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born¹
- /bɔːn/ UK
- /boɹn/ US
- [bo̞ɹn] US
- /bɔːɹn/
- /bɔːn/
Sounds like Borgne, borne, bourn, bourne, Bourne (horse–hoarse merger), bawn (non-rhotic), barn (card–cord merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der.
Proto-Germanic *buranaz
Proto-West Germanic *boran
Old English boren, ġeboren
Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne
English born
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”).
verb
- past participle of bear; given birth to.bear Although not born in the country, she qualifies for nationality through her grandparents.
- past participle of bear in other senses.bear in other senses In some monasteries the severity of the clausure is hard to be born.
adjective
- Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited. In the United States, information describing the operation of nuclear weapons is born secret.
born²
- /bɔːn/ UK
- /boɹn/ US
- [bo̞ɹn] US
- /bɔːɹn/
- /bɔːn/
Sounds like Borgne, borne, bourn, bourne, Bourne (horse–hoarse merger), bawn (non-rhotic), barn (card–cord merger) · Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
Where it comes from
Dialectal variant of burn.
noun borns
- Alternative spelling of burn (a stream)burn
verb borns · bornin · bornt
- Alternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.)burn
Born³
Where it comes from
A variant of Bourne.
proper noun
- A surname from English.
