"unborn" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-unborn.wav
Etymology: From Middle English unborn, from Old English unboren, from Proto-Germanic *unburanaz. Equivalent to un- + born. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unborn}} Middle English unborn, {{inh|en|ang|unboren}} Old English unboren, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*unburanaz}} Proto-Germanic *unburanaz, {{prefix|en|un|born}} un- + born Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unborn (not comparable)
  1. Not yet born; yet to come; future. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Embryology Synonyms (not born): coming Translations (not born): ἀγενής (agenḗs) (Ancient Greek), нероден (neroden) (Bulgarian), nonat (Catalan), 未出生的 (wèi chūshēng de) (Chinese Mandarin), ufødt (Danish), ongeboren (Dutch), syntymätön (Finnish), ungeboren (German), 𐌿𐌽𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (unbaurans) (Gothic), αγέννητος (agénnitos) (Greek), まだ生まれていない (mada umarete inai) (alt: まだうまれていない) (Japanese), ufødt (Norwegian Bokmål), unboren (Old English), futuro (Portuguese), нерождённый (neroždjónnyj) (Russian), нероди́вшийся (nerodívšijsja) (Russian), ofödd (Swedish), ненаро́джений (nenaródženyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. Not yet delivered; still existing in the mother's womb. Tags: not-comparable Translations (still in mother's womb): nonat (Catalan), nenarozený (Czech), ufødt (Danish), ongeboren (Dutch), syntymätön (Finnish), à naître (French), ungeboren (German), αγέννητος (agénnitos) (Greek), ufødt (Norwegian Bokmål), unboren (Old English), não-nascido (Portuguese), ofödd (Swedish), ненаро́джений (nenaródženyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-unborn-en-adj-8pt9hrQu Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 31 29 25 10 4 Disambiguation of "still in mother's womb": 10 86 4
  3. Existing without birth or beginning. Tags: not-comparable Translations (without beginning): nonat (Catalan), αγέννητος (agénnitos) (Greek)
    Sense id: en-unborn-en-adj-bu7b5cq3 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 31 29 25 10 4 Disambiguation of 'without beginning': 8 7 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: future Derived forms: innocent as the babe unborn, innocent as the child unborn, unborn child

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-unborn.wav Forms: unborns [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English unborn, from Old English unboren, from Proto-Germanic *unburanaz. Equivalent to un- + born. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unborn}} Middle English unborn, {{inh|en|ang|unboren}} Old English unboren, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*unburanaz}} Proto-Germanic *unburanaz, {{prefix|en|un|born}} un- + born Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} unborn (countable and uncountable, plural unborns)
  1. (countable) A single unborn offspring at any stage of gestation. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Abortion, Pregnancy
    Sense id: en-unborn-en-noun-DqLn65K3 Disambiguation of Abortion: 26 11 2 58 2 Disambiguation of Pregnancy: 26 11 2 59 2
  2. (uncountable) Unborn offspring collectively. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Babies, Children
    Sense id: en-unborn-en-noun-mF72M0Fk Disambiguation of Babies: 6 6 18 30 40 Disambiguation of Children: 5 5 18 31 41

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