lastborn

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lastborn

  • /ˈlɑːstˌbɔː(ɹ)n/
  • /ˈlæstˌbɔː(ɹ)n/

Rhymes with -ɑːstbɔː(ɹ)n, -æstbɔː(ɹ)n

Where it comes from

From last + born.

noun lastborns

  1. The youngest child of a family. It took me back across the dim gulf of ages to some happy home in dead Imperial Kôr, where this winsome lady girt about with beauty had lived and died, and dying taken her last-born with her to the tomb.
  2. figuratively The youngest member of any company or organization.

Similar: baby of the family · Opposite: firstborn

adjective

  1. not comparable Born last in a family; youngest in a the family.
  2. figuratively, not comparable Younger than anyone else in a group.

Opposite: firstborn

Thesaurus

noun

Similar: baby of the family · Opposite: firstborn

adjective

Opposite: firstborn

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Every language

noun youngest child of a family

Españolultimogénito, benjamín, cumiche, xocoyote, socoyote, shocoyote
한국어막내 mangnae
日本語末っ子 suekko, 末子 masshi
中文幼子 yòu zǐ, 老幺 lǎoyāo
Kiswahilimziwanda, kitinda mimba
Portuguêscaçula, ultimogênito (ultimogênita f), benjamim
Françaisdernier-né, dernier-née
Ελληνικάστερνοπαίδι sternopaídi, στερνοπούλι sternopoúli, αποσπόρι apospóri, απογέννι apogénni, Βενιαμίν Veniamín, αποζούδι apozoúdi
Tiếng Việtút, con út

noun youngest member

한국어막내 mangnae

adj born last in a family

Españolultimogénito, postremogénito
Portuguêscaçula
Deutschletztgeboren
Tiếng Việtút

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@misc{lastborn_2026,
  title = {lastborn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lastborn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}