firstborn

See also: first-born

English

Etymology

first +‎ born

Pronunciation

enPR: fûrstʹ-bôrn', IPA^(key): /ˈfɜː(ɹ)st.ˌbɔː(ɹ)n/
- (UK) [ˈfɜːst.ˌbɔːn]
- (US) [ˈfɝst.ˌbɔɚ̯n]
Hyphenation: first‧born
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)stbɔː(ɹ)n

Noun

firstborn (plural firstborn or firstborns)

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
Maori: mātāmua, muanga, tamāroa (of a son), tamaaroa (of a son)
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)

Adjective

firstborn (not comparable)

Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
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)

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.

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