English Explanatory Dictionary

unborn

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not yet born; yet to come; future.
  2. Not yet delivered; still existing in the mother's womb.
  3. Existing without birth or beginning.
noun
  1. A single unborn offspring at any stage of gestation.
  2. Unborn offspring collectively.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-unborn.wav

Word forms

unborn unborns

Etymology

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

Synonyms

coming

Derived words

innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn unborn child
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