Phrase guide

be born

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To come into existence through birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

come into existence through birth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • She was born on a farm

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: die

Broader terms: change state, turn

Narrower terms: hatch, fall, come to life, come into being, reincarnate, transmigrate

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: lind — come into existence through birth
  • Southern Altai: туулар (tuular) — come into existence through birth
  • Arabic: وُلِدَ (wulida) — come into existence through birth
  • Arabic: تَوَلَّدَ (tawallada) — come into existence through birth
  • Algerian Arabic: زاد (zad) — come into existence through birth
  • Arabic: اتولد (etwalad) — come into existence through birth
  • Arabic: زاد (zad) — come into existence through birth
  • Arabic: انولد (inwálad) — come into existence through birth
  • Aragonese: naixer — come into existence through birth
  • Armenian: ծնվել (cnvel) — come into existence through birth
  • Aromanian: nascu — come into existence through birth
  • Aromanian: amintu — come into existence through birth
  • Assamese: জগা (zoga) — come into existence through birth
  • Assamese: ওপজা (üpoza) — come into existence through birth
  • Assamese: জন্ম হোৱা (zonmo hüa) — come into existence through birth
  • Azerbaijani: doğulmaq — come into existence through birth
  • Azerbaijani: anadan olmaq — come into existence through birth
  • Bashkir: тыуыу (tıwıw) — come into existence through birth
  • Basque: jaio — come into existence through birth
  • Belarusian: раджа́цца (radžácca) — come into existence through birth
  • Belarusian: радзі́цца (radzícca) — come into existence through birth
  • Belarusian: нараджа́цца (naradžácca) — come into existence through birth
  • Belarusian: нарадзі́цца (naradzícca) — come into existence through birth
  • Bengali: জন্মগ্রহণ করা (jonmogrohon kora) — come into existence through birth
  • Bengali: জন্ম লত্তয়া (jonmo lottoẏa) — come into existence through birth
  • Bulgarian: ра́ждам се (ráždam se) — come into existence through birth
  • Bulgarian: родя́ се (rodjá se) — come into existence through birth
  • Burmese: ဖွား (hpwa:) — come into existence through birth
  • Burmese: မွေး (mwe:) — come into existence through birth
  • Buryat: түрэхэ (türexe) — come into existence through birth
  • Catalan: néixer — come into existence through birth
  • Cherokee: ᎠᏕᎲᏍᎦ (adehvsga) — come into existence through birth
  • Chickasaw: ala — come into existence through birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出生 (chūshēng) — come into existence through birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出世 (chūshì) — come into existence through birth
  • Maore Comorian: udzalwa — come into existence through birth
  • Czech: narodit se — come into existence through birth
  • Danish: blive født — come into existence through birth
  • Dolgan: төрөө (töröö) — come into existence through birth
  • Dutch: geboren worden — come into existence through birth
  • Dutch: ter wereld komen — come into existence through birth
  • Erzya: чачомс (čačoms) — come into existence through birth
  • Esperanto: naskiĝi — come into existence through birth
  • Estonian: sündima — come into existence through birth
  • Even: балда- (ʙalda-) — come into existence through birth
  • Evenki: балды- (baldi-) — come into existence through birth
  • Extremaduran: nacel — come into existence through birth
  • Finnish: syntyä — come into existence through birth
  • Franco-Provençal: nêtre — come into existence through birth
  • French: naître — come into existence through birth
  • Friulian: nassi — come into existence through birth
  • Friulian: naši — come into existence through birth
  • Galician: nacer — come into existence through birth
  • Georgian: იბადება (ibadeba) — come into existence through birth
  • Georgian: დაიბადება (daibadeba) — come into existence through birth
  • Georgian: ჩნდება (čndeba) — come into existence through birth
  • Georgian: იშვება (išveba) — come into existence through birth
  • German: geboren werden — come into existence through birth
  • German: zur Welt kommen — come into existence through birth
  • German: auf die Welt kommen — come into existence through birth
  • German: das Licht der Welt erblicken — come into existence through birth
  • Greek: γεννιέμαι (genniémai) — come into existence through birth
  • Ancient Greek: γίγνομαι (gígnomai) — come into existence through birth
  • Ancient Greek: φύω (phúō) — come into existence through birth
  • Ancient Greek: ἐκλοχεύομαι (eklokheúomai) — come into existence through birth
  • Ancient Greek: λοχεύομαι (lokheúomai) — come into existence through birth
  • Ancient Greek: βλαστάνω (blastánō) — come into existence through birth
  • Ancient Greek: γείνομαι (geínomai) — come into existence through birth
  • Ancient Greek: τεκνόομαι (teknóomai) — come into existence through birth
  • Greenlandic: inunngorpoq — come into existence through birth
  • Haitian Creole: fèt — come into existence through birth
  • Hamer-Banna: aɗɗá — come into existence through birth
  • Hebrew: נוֹלַד (nolád) — come into existence through birth
  • Hindi: जन्म होना (janma honā) — come into existence through birth
  • Hindi: पैदा होना (paidā honā) — come into existence through birth
  • Hindi: दुनिया में आना (duniyā mẽ ānā) — come into existence through birth
  • Hungarian: születik — come into existence through birth
  • Icelandic: fæðast — come into existence through birth
  • Ido: naskar — come into existence through birth
  • Indonesian: lahir — come into existence through birth
  • Interlingua: nascer — come into existence through birth
  • Irish: rugadh — come into existence through birth
  • Italian: nascere — come into existence through birth
  • Italian: venire al mondo — come into existence through birth
  • Jamaican Creole: baan — come into existence through birth
  • Japanese: 生まれる (umareru) — come into existence through birth
  • Japanese: 出生する (shussei suru) — come into existence through birth
  • Japanese: 誕生する (tanjō suru) — come into existence through birth
  • Old Javanese: dadi — come into existence through birth
  • Kabyle: lal — come into existence through birth
  • Kalmyk: төрх (törx) — come into existence through birth
  • Kapampangan: misapwak — come into existence through birth
  • Kazakh: туу (tuu) — come into existence through birth
  • Kazakh: дүниеге келу (düniege kelu) — come into existence through birth
  • Khmer: កើត (kaət) — come into existence through birth
  • Korean: 태어나다 (taeeonada) — come into existence through birth
  • Northern Kurdish: hatin dinyayê — come into existence through birth
  • Kyrgyz: төрөлүү (törölüü) — come into existence through birth
  • Kyrgyz: туулуу (tuuluu) — come into existence through birth
  • Ladin: nascer — come into existence through birth
  • Lao: ເກີດ (kœ̄t) — come into existence through birth
  • Latin: nāscor — come into existence through birth
  • Latvian: dzimt — come into existence through birth
  • Latvian: piedzimt — come into existence through birth
  • Lingala: botama — come into existence through birth
  • Lithuanian: gimti — come into existence through birth
  • Lombard: nass — come into existence through birth
  • Low German: boren warrn — come into existence through birth
  • Low German: boren wesen — come into existence through birth
  • Low German: boren sien — come into existence through birth
  • Macedonian: се роди (se rodi) — come into existence through birth
  • Malay: lahir — come into existence through birth
  • Maltese: twieled — come into existence through birth
  • Manchu: ᠪᠠᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (banjimbi) — come into existence through birth
  • Manchu: ᡨᡠᠯᡶᠠᠮᠪᡳ (tulfambi) — come into existence through birth
  • Māori: whānau — come into existence through birth
  • Eastern Mari: шочаш (šočaš) — come into existence through birth
  • Mizo: piang — come into existence through birth
  • Mongolian: төрөх (töröx) — come into existence through birth
  • Nanai: балди- (balʒi-) — come into existence through birth
  • Neapolitan: nasce — come into existence through birth
  • Norman: naître — come into existence through birth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bli født — come into existence through birth
  • Occitan: nàisser — come into existence through birth
  • Church Slavic: раждати сѧ (raždati sę) — come into existence through birth
  • Church Slavic: родити сѧ (roditi sę) — come into existence through birth
  • Ossetian: райгуырын — come into existence through birth
  • Pannonian Rusyn: народзиц ше (narodzic še) — come into existence through birth
  • Pannonian Rusyn: буц народзени (buc narodzeni) — come into existence through birth
  • Pashto: زېږېدل (zeǵedël) — come into existence through birth
  • Pashto: پیدا کېدل — come into existence through birth
  • Iranian Persian: بِه دُنْیا آمَدَن (be donyâ âmadan) — come into existence through birth
  • Iranian Persian: زایانْدَن (zâyândan) — come into existence through birth
  • Iranian Persian: زایانیدَن (zâyânidan) — come into existence through birth
  • Iranian Persian: مُتَوَلِّد شُدَن (motavalled šodan) — come into existence through birth
  • Iranian Persian: پا بِه جَهان گُذاشْتَن (pâ be jahân gozâštan) — come into existence through birth
  • Piedmontese: nasse — come into existence through birth
  • Polish: rodzić się — come into existence through birth
  • Polish: urodzić się — come into existence through birth
  • Portuguese: nascer — come into existence through birth
  • Quechua: yuriy — come into existence through birth
  • Romanian: naște — come into existence through birth
  • Romansh: nascher — come into existence through birth
  • Romansh: nescher — come into existence through birth
  • Russian: рожда́ться (roždátʹsja) — come into existence through birth
  • Russian: роди́ться (rodítʹsja) — come into existence through birth
  • Russian: появля́ться на свет (pojavljátʹsja na svet) — come into existence through birth
  • Russian: появи́ться на свет (pojavítʹsja na svet) — come into existence through birth
  • Sardinian: naschere — come into existence through birth
  • Sardinian: naschíe — come into existence through birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: родити се — come into existence through birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: roditi se — come into existence through birth
  • Sicilian: nàsciri — come into existence through birth
  • Sikkimese: སྐྱེ་བ (skye ba) — come into existence through birth
  • Slovak: narodiť se — come into existence through birth
  • Slovene: roditi se — come into existence through birth
  • Spanish: nacer — come into existence through birth
  • Spanish: nascer — come into existence through birth
  • Sranan Tongo: gebore — come into existence through birth
  • Swedish: födas — come into existence through birth
  • Tajik: ба дунё омадан (ba dunyo omadan) — come into existence through birth
  • Tajik: таваллуд шудан (tavallud šudan) — come into existence through birth
  • Tajik: таваллуд ёфтан (tavallud yoftan) — come into existence through birth
  • Tamil: பிற (piṟa) — come into existence through birth
  • Tamil: தோன்று (tōṉṟu) — come into existence through birth
  • Tatar: яралырга (yaralırğa) — come into existence through birth
  • Thai: เกิด (gə̀ət) — come into existence through birth
  • Tibetan: སྐྱེ (skye) — come into existence through birth
  • Tocharian B: täm- — come into existence through birth
  • Turkish: doğmak — come into existence through birth
  • Turkish: dünyaya gelmek — come into existence through birth
  • Turkmen: dogulmak — come into existence through birth
  • Ukrainian: наро́джуватися (naródžuvatysja) — come into existence through birth
  • Ukrainian: народи́тися (narodýtysja) — come into existence through birth
  • Ukrainian: роди́тися (rodýtysja) — come into existence through birth
  • Umbundu: okucita — come into existence through birth
  • Urdu: دُنْیا میں آنا (dunyā mẽ ānā) — come into existence through birth
  • Urdu: پَیدا ہونا (paidā honā) — come into existence through birth
  • Uyghur: تۇغۇلماق (tughulmaq) — come into existence through birth
  • Uzbek: tugʻilmoq — come into existence through birth
  • Uzbek: dunyoga kelmoq — come into existence through birth
  • Venetan: nàsar — come into existence through birth
  • Venetan: nàser — come into existence through birth
  • Vietnamese: sinh — come into existence through birth
  • Walloon: skepyî — come into existence through birth
  • Walloon: vini å monde — come into existence through birth
  • Walloon: nexhe — come into existence through birth
  • Welsh: geni — come into existence through birth
  • Wolof: juddu — come into existence through birth
  • Yakut: төрөө (töröö) — come into existence through birth
  • Yiddish: געבוירן ווערן (geboyrn vern) — come into existence through birth
  • Záparo: útinu — come into existence through birth