firstborn

See also: first-born

English

Etymology

From first +‎ born.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fûrstʹ-bôrn', IPA^(key): /ˈfɜː(ɹ)stˌbɔː(ɹ)n/
  • (UK) [ˈfɜːstˌbɔːn]
  • (US) [ˈfɝstˌbɔɚ̯n]
• 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

• (antonym(s) of “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
• Esperanto: unuenaskito
• Ewe: ŋgɔgbevi
• Finnish: esikoinen (fi)
• French: premier-né (fr), aîné (fr), ainé (fr)
• Galician: primoxénito (gl) m, primoxénita f
• Georgian: პირმშო (ka) (ṗirmšo)
• German: Erstgeborene (de) f, m
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂 m (frumabaur)
• Hebrew: בְּכוֹר (he) m (b'khór)
• Hungarian: elsőszülött (hu)
• Ido: naskinto unesma
• Indonesian: anak sulung (id)
• Irish: céadghin f
• Italian: primogenito (it) m
• Japanese: 長子 (ja) (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 (ja) (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 (ms)
• Maori: mātāmua, muanga, tamāroa (of a son), tamaaroa (of a son)
• Old English: frumbearn n
• Ottoman Turkish: بكر (bikr, bikir)
• 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
• Swahili: mwanambee (sw), kifungua mimba (sw)
• 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

• (antonym(s) of “born first”): lastborn

Translations

born as the first one in a family

• Armenian: անդրանիկ (hy) (andranik), առաջնեկ (hy) (aṙaǰnek)
• Bikol Central: matua (bcl)
• Bulgarian: първороден (pǎrvoroden)
• 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)
• Indonesian: sulung (id)
• 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, →OCLC.
• “firstborn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.