firstborn

firstborn

See also: first-born

English

Etymology

first +‎ born

Pronunciation

• enPR: fûrstʹ-bôrn', IPA^(key): /ˈfɜː(ɹ)st.ˌbɔː(ɹ)n/
  • (UK) [ˈfɜːst.ˌbɔːn]
  • (US) [ˈfɝst.ˌbɔɚ̯n]
• Hyphenation: first‧born
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)stbɔː(ɹ)n

Noun

firstborn (plural firstborn or firstborns)

1. The first child to be born to a parent or family.

Antonyms

• (eldest child): lastborn

Translations

the first child in a family

Arabic: بِكْر‎ (ar) m (bikr) Armenian: անդրանիկ (hy) (andranik), առաջնեկ (hy) (aṙaǰnek) Bikol Central: kamatuhan Bulgarian: първоро́ден m (pǎrvoróden), първене́ц (bg) m (pǎrvenéc) Catalan: primogènit (ca) m, primogènita (ca) f Czech: prvorozený (cs) m Dutch: eersteling (nl), eerstgeborene (nl) m Ewe: ŋgɔgbevi Finnish: esikoinen (fi) French: premier-né (fr), aîné (fr), ainé (fr) Galician: primoxénito (gl) m, primoxénita f German: Erstgeborene (de) f, m Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 m (frumabaur) Hebrew: בְּכוֹר‎ (he) m (b'khór) Hungarian: elsőszülött (hu) Ido: naskinto unesma Irish: céadghin f Italian: primogenito (it) m Japanese: 長子 (ちょうし, chōshi), 総領 (ja) (そうりょう, sōryō), 初子 (ういご, uigo, はつご, hatsugo), 初生 (しょせい, shosei), 長男 (ja) (ちょうなん, chōnan) (male), 長女 (ja) (ちょうじょ, chōjo) (female) Kazakh: тұңғыш (tūñğyş) Kikuyu: irigithathi class 5 Korean: 맏이 (ko) (maji) Lingala: bola class 1 Macedonian: првенец m (prvenec) Malay: anak sulung Maori: mātāmua, muanga, tamāroa (of a son), tamaaroa (of a son) Persian: نخری‎ (fa) (noxri) Polish: pierworodny (pl) m Portuguese: primogénito (pt) m (Portugal), primogênito (pt) m (Brazil), morgado (pt) m Romanian: primul născut (ro) m, prima născută f Russian: пе́рвенец (ru) m (pérvenec), перворождённый (ru) m (pervoroždjónnyj) Scottish Gaelic: ciad-ghin m Slovak: prvorodený Spanish: primogénito (es) m, primogénita (es) f Swedish: förstfödd (sv) Tagalog: panganay Turkish: ilkdoğan Ugaritic: 𐎁𐎋𐎗 (bkr) Welsh: plentyn cyntaf-anedig m Yiddish: בכור‎ m (bkhor)

See also

• baby of the family
• middle child
• nextborn
• primogeniture

Adjective

firstborn (not comparable)

1. Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
2. Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

Alternative forms

• first-born

Antonyms

• (born first): lastborn

Translations

born as the first one in a family

Armenian: անդրանիկ (hy) (andranik), առաջնեկ (hy) (aṙaǰnek) Bulgarian: първороден (pǎrvoroden) Bikol Central: matua (bcl) Catalan: primogènit (ca) m Czech: prvorozený (cs) m Finnish: esikois-, vanhin (fi) Galician: primoxénito (gl) German: erstgeboren (de) Greek: Ancient: πρωτότοκος (prōtótokos) Hungarian: elsőszülött (hu) Italian: primogenito (it) m Kazakh: тұңғыш (tūñğyş) Latin: prīmōgenitus Lingala: bola Macedonian: прворо́ден m (prvoróden) Maori: mātāmua, muanga Navajo: alą́ąjįʼ naaghá Plautdietsch: ieeschtjebuarna Polish: pierworodny (pl) m Portuguese: primogénito (pt) m (Portugal), primogênito (pt) m (Brazil) Slovak: prvorodený Swedish: förstfödd (sv) Tagalog: panganay Welsh: cyntaf-anedig

most excellent or distinguished

Finnish: ykkös-, vanhin (fi) Macedonian: првокла́сен m (prvoklásen)

See also

• middleborn

References

• firstborn in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• firstborn in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913