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unborn en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English unborn, from Old English unboren, from Proto-Germanic *unburanaz. Equivalent to un- + born.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not yet born; yet to come; future.
  2. (not-comparable) Not yet delivered; still existing in the mother's womb.
    • Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby. 2007 September 10, “Review: Jones, Coens, Penn highlight Toronto”, in CNN:
  3. (not-comparable) Existing without birth or beginning.

Deriveds

innocent as the child unborn · unbornness · innocent as the babe unborn · unborn child

Synonyms

coming (not born)

Translations (34)

uk ненаро́джений (not born) · fi syntymätön (still in mother's womb) · cs nenarozený (still in mother's womb) · it nascituro (not born) · el αγέννητος (without beginning) · ang unboren (still in mother's womb) · got 𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (not born) · el αγέννητος (still in mother's womb) · no ufødt (still in mother's womb) · grc ἀγενής (not born) · sv ofödd (still in mother's womb) · uk ненаро́джений (still in mother's womb) · da ufødt (not born) · pt futuro (not born) · el αγέννητος (not born) · ang unboren (not born) · ca nonat (still in mother's womb) · nl ongeboren (not born) · ca nonat (not born) · bg нероден (not born) · ja まだ生まれていない (not born) · no ufødt (not born) · de ungeboren (still in mother's womb) · fi syntymätön (not born) · ru нероди́вшийся (not born) · nl ongeboren (still in mother's womb) · ca nonat (without beginning) · pt não-nascido (still in mother's womb) · cmn 未出生的 (not born) · de ungeboren (not born) · sv ofödd (not born) · fr à naître (still in mother's womb) · da ufødt (still in mother's womb) · ru нерождённый (not born)

unborn en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Middle English unborn, from Old English unboren, from Proto-Germanic *unburanaz. Equivalent to un- + born.

Meanings

  1. (countable) A single unborn offspring at any stage of gestation.
    • Whereas the lack of a child brings shame upon Anna and Joachim, the converse holds true for Mary: the existence of an unborn in the womb of a woman who is supposed to be a virgin causes great scandal. 2009, Catherine Playoust, Ellen Bradshaw Aitken, “The Leaping Child: Imagining the Unborn in Early Christian Literature”, in Vanessa R. Sasson, Jane Marie Law, editors, Imagining the Fetus: The Unborn in Myth, Religion, and Culture, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 176:
  2. (uncountable) Unborn offspring collectively.
    • Inheritance law allows property to be left to the unborn.

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