Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unborn

/ˈʌnbˈɔɹn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: un-born
IPA: /ˈʌnbˈɔɹn/

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not yet born; yet to come; future.

adj

Not yet delivered; still existing in the mother's womb.

adj

Existing without birth or beginning.

noun

A single unborn offspring at any stage of gestation.

Countable

noun

Unborn offspring collectively.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby."
"Whereas the lack of a child brings shame upon Anna and Joachim, the converse holds true for Mary: the existence of an unborn in the womb of a woman who is supposed to be a virgin causes great scandal."
"Inheritance law allows property to be left to the unborn."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: unborn, unboren, *unburanaz

Usage

Inflected Forms

unborns (plural)

Derived Forms

unbornness

Phrases

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

Synonyms

coming

Rhymes With

born first-born porn worn corn horn torn warn sworn borne thorn mourn

Questions

How do you pronounce unborn?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌnbˈɔɹn/.
What does unborn mean?: Not yet born; yet to come; future.
Where does unborn come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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