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inborn

adj · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.bɔːn/
  • General-American: /ˈɪn.bɔɹn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH1 N B AO2 R N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Innate; possessed by an organism at birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • inborn talent
  • inborn instincts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Inherited; hereditary.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Native; indigenous.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

normally existing at birth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • mankind's connatural sense of the good

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: connatural, inbred

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

present at birth but not necessarily hereditary; acquired during fetal development

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: congenital, innate

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: вроден (vroden) — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Catalan: innat — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Dutch: aangeboren — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • French: inné — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • German: angeboren — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Ancient Greek: ἔμφυτος (émphutos) — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Ancient Greek: ἐγγενής (engenḗs) — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Hindi: जन्मसिद्ध (janmasiddh) — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Kazakh: туа (tua) — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Macedonian: вроден (vroden) — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Manx: dooghyssagh — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Norwegian Bokmål: medfødt — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: medfødd — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Old English: onġeboren — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Russian: прирождённый (priroždjónnyj) — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Russian: врождённый (vroždjónnyj) — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Spanish: innato — Innate, possessed by an organism at birth
  • Bulgarian: наследствен (nasledstven) — Inherited or hereditary