English Explanatory Dictionary

bairn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A child or baby.
verb
  1. To get (someone) pregnant.

Pronunciation

/bɛərn/ [bern] [bɛrn] Eng-bairn-rhoScot.ogg [bɜːɹn] [bɛəʁn] /bɛən/ [bɛːn] [bɜːn] /ˈbaːn/

Word forms

bairn bairns bairning bairned

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern.

Derived words

bairnhood bairnie bairny bairnish bairnless bairnlike bairnly bairn-time god-bairn gift knave bairn shy bairns get nowt shy bairns get noot stepbairn
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