adj
Meaning 1
Having dropped by the force of gravity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
- fallen raindrops
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
fallen
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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UK: /ˈfɔːlən/
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Northumbria: /ˈfaːlən/
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General-American: /ˈfɔlən/
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈfɑlən/
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adj
Meaning 2
Killed, especially in battle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
- a ceremony to honor fallen soldiers
- the disposal of fallen livestock
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adj
Meaning 3
Having lost one's chastity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
- a fallen woman
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adj
Meaning 4
Having collapsed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Examples
- a fallen building
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adj
Meaning 5
Having lost prestige, (Christian) grace, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 6
The dead.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 7
Casualties of battle or war.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 8
One who has fallen, as from grace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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verb
Meaning 9
past participle of fall
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 10
killed in battle
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- to honor fallen soldiers
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
having lost your chastity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a fallen woman
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 12
having fallen in or collapsed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a fallen building
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
having dropped by the force of gravity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- fallen leaves covered the forest floor
- sat on a fallen tree trunk
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Morphologically fall + -en.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: паднал (padnal) — having dropped by the force of gravity
- Danish: nedfalden — having dropped by the force of gravity
- Finnish: pudonnut — having dropped by the force of gravity
- German: gefallen — having dropped by the force of gravity
- Icelandic: fallinn — having dropped by the force of gravity
- Norwegian Bokmål: fallen — having dropped by the force of gravity
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fallen — having dropped by the force of gravity
- Russian: упа́вший (upávšij) — having dropped by the force of gravity
- Spanish: caído — having dropped by the force of gravity
- Bulgarian: загинал (zaginal) — killed in battle
- Danish: faldet — killed in battle
- Finnish: kaatunut — killed in battle
- German: gefallen — killed in battle
- German: im Kampf gefallen — killed in battle
- German: im Feld geblieben — killed in battle
- Hungarian: elesett — killed in battle
- Icelandic: fallinn — killed in battle
- Icelandic: fallinn í valinn — killed in battle
- Northern Kurdish: şehîd ketin — killed in battle
- Latin: occisus — killed in battle
- Malay: terkorban — killed in battle
- Norwegian Bokmål: fallen — killed in battle
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fallen — killed in battle
- Russian: па́вший (pávšij) — killed in battle
- Bulgarian: паднал (padnal) — having lost one's chastity
- Danish: falden — having lost one's chastity
- Finnish: langennut — having lost one's chastity
- German: gefallen — having lost one's chastity
- Norwegian Bokmål: fallen — having lost one's chastity
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fallen — having lost one's chastity
- Russian: па́дший (pádšij) — having lost one's chastity
- Finnish: romahtanut — having collapsed
- Finnish: sortunut — having collapsed
- Finnish: kaatunut — having collapsed
- German: eingestürzt — having collapsed
- German: eingefallen — having collapsed
- Latin: casurus — having collapsed
- Norwegian Bokmål: fallen — having collapsed
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fallen — having collapsed
- Russian: упа́вший (upávšij) — having collapsed
- Serbo-Croatian: srušen — having collapsed
- Finnish: kuollut — dead
- Danish: faldet — casualties of battle or war
- Dutch: gevallenen — casualties of battle or war
- Finnish: kaatunut — casualties of battle or war
- German: Gefallene — casualties of battle or war
- Icelandic: valur — casualties of battle or war
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