be born

verb

To come into existence through birth.

Opposite
die
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Meanings

verbbe born (highly irregular; see conjugation table)

first person present singular am born · first person present singular 'm born · first person past singular was born · present second person singular are born · present second person singular 're born · past second person singular were born · present singular third person is born · present singular third person 's born · past singular third person was born · plural present are born · plural present 're born · past plural were born · past subjunctive were born · participle present being born · participle past been born

  1. To come into existence through birth.

    Antonyms: die

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo come into existence through birth.

Opposite
die

More synonyms by meaning

verbcome into existence through birth

Opposite
die
Broader
change stateturn
Also see
come into beingengenderupspring

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Ancient Greek γίγνομαι, φύω
  • γίγνομαι (gígnomai)come into existence through birth
  • φύω (phúō)come into existence through birth
  • ἐκλοχεύομαι (eklokheúomai)come into existence through birth
  • λοχεύομαι (lokheúomai)come into existence through birth
  • βλαστάνω (blastánō)come into existence through birth
  • γείνομαι (geínomai)come into existence through birth
  • τεκνόομαι (teknóomai)come into existence through birth
Arabic وُلِدَ, تَوَلَّدَ
  • وُلِدَ (wulida)come into existence through birth
  • تَوَلَّدَ (tawallada)come into existence through birth
Basque jaio
  • jaiocome into existence through birth
Bengali জন্মগ্রহণ করা, জন্ম লত্তয়া
  • জন্মগ্রহণ করা (jonmogrohon kora)come into existence through birth
  • জন্ম লত্তয়া (jonmo lottoẏa)come into existence through birth
Bulgarian ра́ждам се, родя́ се
  • ра́ждам се (ráždam se)come into existence through birth
  • родя́ се (rodjá se)come into existence through birth
Catalan néixer
  • néixercome into existence through birth
Chinese Mandarin 出生, 出世
  • 出生 (chūshēng)come into existence through birth
  • 出世 (chūshì)come into existence through birth
Czech narodit se
  • narodit secome into existence through birth
Danish blive født
  • blive fødtcome into existence through birth
Dutch geboren worden, ter wereld komen
  • geboren wordencome into existence through birth
  • ter wereld komencome into existence through birth
Esperanto naskiĝi
  • naskiĝicome into existence through birth
Estonian sündima
  • sündimacome into existence through birth
Finnish syntyä
  • syntyäcome into existence through birth
French naître
  • naîtrecome into existence through birth
German geboren werden, zur Welt kommen
  • geboren werdencome into existence through birth
  • zur Welt kommencome into existence through birth
  • auf die Welt kommencome into existence through birth
  • das Licht der Welt erblickencome into existence through birth
Greek γεννιέμαι
  • γεννιέμαι (genniémai)come into existence through birth
Hebrew נוֹלַד
  • נוֹלַד (nolád)come into existence through birth
Hindi जन्म होना, पैदा होना
  • जन्म होना (janma honā)come into existence through birth
  • पैदा होना (paidā honā)come into existence through birth
  • दुनिया में आना (duniyā mẽ ānā)come into existence through birth
Hungarian születik
  • születikcome into existence through birth
Icelandic fæðast
  • fæðastcome into existence through birth
Indonesian lahir
  • lahircome into existence through birth
Irish rugadh
  • rugadhcome into existence through birth
Italian nascere, venire al mondo
  • nascerecome into existence through birth
  • venire al mondocome into existence through birth
Japanese 生まれる, 出生する
  • 生まれる (umareru)come into existence through birth
  • 出生する (shussei suru)come into existence through birth
  • 誕生する (tanjō suru)come into existence through birth
Korean 태어나다
  • 태어나다 (taeeonada)come into existence through birth
Latin nāscor
  • nāscorcome into existence through birth
Latvian dzimt, piedzimt
  • dzimtcome into existence through birth
  • piedzimtcome into existence through birth
Lithuanian gimti
  • gimticome into existence through birth
Malay lahir
  • lahircome into existence through birth
Māori whānau
  • whānaucome into existence through birth
Norwegian Bokmål bli født
  • bli fødtcome into existence through birth
Polish rodzić się, urodzić się
  • rodzić sięcome into existence through birth
  • urodzić sięcome into existence through birth
Portuguese nascer
  • nascercome into existence through birth
Romanian naște
  • naștecome into existence through birth
Russian рожда́ться, роди́ться
  • рожда́ться (roždátʹsja)come into existence through birth
  • роди́ться (rodítʹsja)come into existence through birth
  • появля́ться на свет (pojavljátʹsja na svet)come into existence through birth
  • появи́ться на свет (pojavítʹsja na svet)come into existence through birth
Slovak narodiť se
  • narodiť secome into existence through birth
Spanish nacer, nascer
  • nacercome into existence through birth
  • nascercome into existence through birth
Swedish födas
  • födascome into existence through birth
Tamil பிற, தோன்று
  • பிற (piṟa)come into existence through birth
  • தோன்று (tōṉṟu)come into existence through birth
Thai เกิด
  • เกิด (gə̀ət)come into existence through birth
Turkish doğmak, dünyaya gelmek
  • doğmakcome into existence through birth
  • dünyaya gelmekcome into existence through birth
Ukrainian наро́джуватися, народи́тися
  • наро́джуватися (naródžuvatysja)come into existence through birth
  • народи́тися (narodýtysja)come into existence through birth
  • роди́тися (rodýtysja)come into existence through birth
Urdu دُنْیا میں آنا, پَیدا ہونا
  • دُنْیا میں آنا (dunyā mẽ ānā)come into existence through birth
  • پَیدا ہونا (paidā honā)come into existence through birth
Vietnamese sinh
  • sinhcome into existence through birth
Welsh geni
  • genicome into existence through birth
Yiddish געבוירן ווערן
  • געבוירן ווערן (geboyrn vern)come into existence through birth
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Chicago

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