English Explanatory Dictionary

borne

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. past participle of bear
adj
  1. carried, supported.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/bɔːn/ /boɹn/ [bo̞ɹn] En-us-borne.ogg /boːɹn/ /boən/

Word forms

borne Bornes

Etymology

From Middle English boren, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, past participle of Old English beran (“to carry, bear”).

Related words

Born bourn Bourne

Derived words

airborne bloodborne carborne cartborne chairborne fleaborne food-borne foodborne heliborne inborne jet-borne louseborne mainsborne milkborne pipeborne railborne rocketborne seaborne seed-borne seedborne shipborne skyborne soilborne spaceborne springborne tickborne tick-borne tick-borne encephalitis trainborne truck-borne vector-borne wainborne waterborne windborne
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