stillborn
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stillborn
- /ˈstɪlbɔː(ɹ)n/
Where it comes from
From English still + born. First attested in 1597.
adjective still-born
- Dead at birth. Queen Anne, before Elizabeth, bore a still-born son.
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Ignored, without influence, or unsuccessful from the outset; abortive.
This, gentlemen, is a list of the joint-stock companies created last year. . . . Of these some were stillborn, but the majority hold the market.
Similar: unfruitful
noun stillborns · still-born
- A baby that is born dead. About 35% of stillborns are discovered to have major structural anomalies by chromosomal studies and autopsy findings.
Translations
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adj dead at birth
| Español | nacido muerto, mortinato, natimorto |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 死産の shizan no |
| 中文 | 死胎的 sǐtāi de, 死產的 /死产的 sǐchǎn de |
| Português | natimorto, nado-morto |
| Français | mort-né |
| Deutsch | totgeboren |
| Italiano | nato morto, nata morta |
| Ελληνικά | θνησιγενής thnisigenís, νεκρογέννητος nekrogénnitos |
| Русский | мертворождённый mertvoroždjónnyj |
| العربية | إِمْلَاص ʔimlāṣ |
adj ignored, without influence, unsuccessful, abortive
| Ελληνικά | θνησιγενής thnisigenís |
|---|---|
| Русский | мертворождённый mertvoroždjónnyj, беспло́дный besplódnyj |
noun stillborn
| Español | mortinato |
|---|---|
| Português | natimorto, natimorta, nado-morto |
| Deutsch | Totgeburt |
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