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lastborn

Syllables: last·born/ˈlɑːstˌbɔː(ɹ)n/

lastborn noun: the youngest child of a family.

Noun

lastborn (plural lastborns)

  1. The youngest child of a family.
    • It took me back across the dim gulf of ages to some happy home in dead Imperial Kôr, where this winsome lady girt about with beauty had lived and died, and dying taken her last-born with her to the tomb.1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
  2. (figuratively) The youngest member of any company or organization.

Adjective

lastborn (not comparable)

  1. Born last in a family; youngest in a the family.
  2. (figuratively) Younger than anyone else in a group.

lastborn meaning in Tamil, Tagalog, Malay and Indonesian

lastborn in Tamil

youngest child of a family
கடைக்குட்டி kaṭaikkuṭṭi, கடைசிக்காரன் kaṭaicikkāraṉ, கடைசிக்காரி kaṭaicikkāri
youngest member
கடைக்குட்டி kaṭaikkuṭṭi

lastborn in Tagalog

youngest child of a family
bunso

lastborn in Malay

born last in a family
bongsu

lastborn in Indonesian

youngest child of a family
anak bungsu
born last in a family
bungsu
More languagesFewer languages
lastborn in Vietnamese
út, con út

Synonyms of lastborn

Antonyms

Forms of lastborn

plurallastborns

Origin of lastborn

From last + born.

Questions about lastborn

What does lastborn mean?
Lastborn means the youngest child of a family.
What is lastborn in Tamil?
Lastborn in Tamil is கடைக்குட்டி (kaṭaikkuṭṭi), கடைசிக்காரன் (kaṭaicikkāraṉ), கடைசிக்காரி (kaṭaicikkāri). See Lastborn meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lastborn?
Lastborn can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce lastborn?
Lastborn is pronounced /ˈlɑːstˌbɔː(ɹ)n/.
What is the plural of lastborn?
The plural of lastborn is lastborns.

Words near lastborn in the dictionary

  1. last-wordism
  2. lastability
  3. lastable
  4. lastage
  5. lastages
  6. lastborn
  7. lastborns
  8. laste
  9. lasted
  10. lasted out
  11. laster

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