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語源

From 中期英語 first borne. By surface analysis, first (adverb) +‎ born.

発音

• enPR: fûrstʹ-bôrn', IPA: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)stˌbɔː(ɹ)n/
  • (英国発音) [ˈfɜːstˌbɔːn]
• • (米国発音) [ˈfɝstˌbɔɚ̯n]
• ハイフネーション: first‧born
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)stbɔː(ɹ)n

名詞

firstborn (plural firstborn or firstborns)

1. The first child to be born to a parent or family.

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “eldest child”): lastborn

参考

• baby of the family
• middle child
• nextborn
• primogeniture

形容詞

firstborn (not comparable)

1. Born as the first one in a family, flock or the like.
2. Most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

別の表記

• first-born

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “born first”): lastborn

参考

• middleborn

参照

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “firstborn”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “firstborn”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.