Meanings
nounlastborn (plural lastborns)
plural lastborns
- The youngest child of a family.
It took me back across the dim gulf of ages to some happy home in dead Imperial Kôr, where this winsome lady girt about with beauty had lived and died, and dying taken her last-born with her to the tomb.
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC - figurativelyThe youngest member of any company or organization.
adjectivelastborn (not comparable)
- not comparableBorn last in a family; youngest in a the family.
- figurativelynot comparableYounger than anyone else in a group.
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
antonym(s) of “youngest child”
Opposite
antonym(s) of “born last”
Opposite
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Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 幼子, 老幺
- 幼子 (yòu zǐ)youngest child of a family
- 老幺 (lǎoyāo)youngest child of a family
Esperanto lastenaskito
- lastenaskitoyoungest child of a family
Finnish kuopus, nuorimmainen
- kuopusyoungest child of a family
- nuorimmainenyoungest child of a family
- pahnanpohjimmainenyoungest child of a family
- kuopusyoungest member
- nuorinyoungest member
- nuorinborn last in a family
- nuorinbeing younger than anyone else
French dernier-né, dernier-née
- dernier-néyoungest child of a family
- dernier-néeyoungest child of a family
German letztgeboren
- letztgeborenborn last in a family
Greek στερνοπαίδι, στερνοπούλι
- στερνοπαίδι (sternopaídi)youngest child of a family
- στερνοπούλι (sternopoúli)youngest child of a family
- αποσπόρι (apospóri)youngest child of a family
- απογέννι (apogénni)youngest child of a family
- Βενιαμίν (Veniamín)youngest child of a family
- αποζούδι (apozoúdi)youngest child of a family
Indonesian anak bungsu, bungsu
- anak bungsuyoungest child of a family
- bungsuborn last in a family
Japanese 末っ子, 末子
- 末っ子 (suekko)youngest child of a family
- 末子 (masshi)youngest child of a family
Korean 막내, 막내
- 막내 (mangnae)youngest child of a family
- 막내 (mangnae)youngest member
Malay بوڠسو, bongsu
- بوڠسوborn last in a family
- bongsuborn last in a family
Polish najmłodszy członek rodziny, najmłodszy członek
- najmłodszy członek rodzinyyoungest child of a family
- najmłodszy członekyoungest member
- najmłodszyborn last in a family
- najmłodszybeing younger than anyone else
Portuguese caçula, ultimogênito (ultimogênita f)
- caçulayoungest child of a family
- ultimogênito (ultimogênita f)youngest child of a family
- benjamimyoungest child of a family
- caçulaborn last in a family
Spanish ultimogénito, benjamín
- ultimogénitoyoungest child of a family
- benjamínyoungest child of a family
- cumicheyoungest child of a family
- xocoyoteyoungest child of a family
- socoyoteyoungest child of a family
- shocoyoteyoungest child of a family
- jocoyoteyoungest child of a family
- ultimogénitoborn last in a family
- postremogénitoborn last in a family
Swahili mziwanda, kitinda mimba
- mziwandayoungest child of a family
- kitinda mimbayoungest child of a family
Swedish minsting
- minstingyoungest child of a family
Tagalog bunso
- bunsoyoungest child of a family
Tamil கடைக்குட்டி, கடைசிக்காரன்
- கடைக்குட்டி (kaṭaikkuṭṭi)youngest child of a family
- கடைசிக்காரன் (kaṭaicikkāraṉ)youngest child of a family
- கடைசிக்காரி (kaṭaicikkāri)youngest child of a family
- கடைக்குட்டி (kaṭaikkuṭṭi)youngest member
Turkish sonbeşik
- sonbeşikyoungest child of a family
Vietnamese út, con út
- útyoungest child of a family
- con útyoungest child of a family
- útborn last in a family
Cite this entry
APA
lastborn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lastborn
MLA
“lastborn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lastborn. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lastborn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lastborn.
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