Meanings
newborn1
nounnewborn (plural newborns or newborn)
plural newborns · alternative new-born
- A recently born baby.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel on Friday rolled back a decadeslong recommendation that all newborns get a first dose of the hepatitis B vaccine within 24 hours of birth.
2025 December 5, Aria Bendix and Erika Edwards, “CDC advisory panel rolls back universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation”, in NBC NewsSynonyms: neonate
Newborn2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA recently born baby.
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adjectivehaving just or recently arisen or come into existence
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new-sprungnew
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*nu
- Proto-Indo-European*néwos
- Proto-Germanic*niwjaz
- Proto-West Germanic*niwi
- Old Englishnīewe
- Middle Englishnewe
- Englishnew
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Germanic*buranaz
- Proto-West Germanic*boran
- Old Englishboren, ġeboren
- Middle Englishborn, boren, borne, iborne
- Englishborn
- Englishnewborn
Translations
Ancient Greek νεογνός
- νεογνός (neognós)recently born
Arabic مَوْلُود حَدِيث, مَوْلُودَة حَدِيثة
- مَوْلُود حَدِيث (mawlūd ḥadīṯ)recently born baby
- مَوْلُودَة حَدِيثةrecently born baby
Bulgarian новороде́н, новороде́но
- новороде́н (novorodén)recently born
- новороде́но (novorodéno)recently born baby
Catalan nounat, nounat
- nounatrecently born
- nounatrecently born baby
- nounadarecently born baby
Chinese Mandarin 新生, 新生兒 /新生儿
- 新生 (xīnshēng)recently born
- 新生兒 /新生儿 (xīnshēng'ér)recently born baby
Czech novorozený, novorozenec
- novorozenýrecently born
- novorozenecrecently born baby
- novorozeněrecently born baby
Danish nyfødt
- nyfødtrecently born
Dutch pasgeboren, nieuwgeborene
- pasgeborenrecently born
- nieuwgeborenerecently born baby
- borelingrecently born baby
- pasgeborenerecently born baby
- neonaatrecently born baby
- neonatusrecently born baby
Esperanto novnaskita, novnaskito
- novnaskitarecently born
- novnaskitorecently born baby
Finnish vastasyntynyt, vastasyntynyt
- vastasyntynytrecently born
- vastasyntynytrecently born baby
French nouveau-né, nouveau-né
- nouveau-nérecently born
- nouveau-nérecently born baby
- nouveau-néerecently born baby
- nouvelle-néerecently born baby
German neugeboren, Neugeborenes
- neugeborenrecently born
- Neugeborenesrecently born baby
- Neugeborenerrecently born baby
- Neugeborenerecently born baby
Greek νεογέννητος, νεογνό
- νεογέννητος (neogénnitos)recently born
- νεογνό (neognó)recently born baby
Hebrew יִלּוֹד
- יִלּוֹד (yilód)recently born baby
Hindi नवजात, नवजात
- नवजात (navjāt)recently born
- नवजात (navjāt)recently born baby
Hungarian újszülött, újszülött
- újszülöttrecently born
- újszülöttrecently born baby
Icelandic nýfæddur
- nýfæddurrecently born
Irish nuabheirthe
- nuabheirtherecently born
Italian appena nato, neonato
- appena natorecently born
- neonatorecently born
- neonatorecently born baby
- neonatarecently born baby
Japanese 生まれたばかりの, 新生の
- 生まれたばかりの (umareta bakari no)recently born
- 新生の (shinsei no)recently born
- 新生児 (shinseiji)recently born baby
- 嬰児 (eiji)recently born baby
Korean 갓 난, 신생의
- 갓 난 (gat nan)recently born
- 신생의 (sinsaeng'ui)recently born
- 신생아 (sinsaeng'a)recently born baby
- 갓난아이 (gannanai)recently born baby
- 갓난아기 (gannanagi)recently born baby
- 갓난애 (gannanae)recently born baby
Māori piripoho
- piripohorecently born baby
Norwegian Bokmål nyfødt
- nyfødtrecently born
Persian نوزاد, نوزاد
- نوزاد (nowzâd)recently born
- نوزاد (nowzâd)recently born baby
Polish nowonarodzony, noworodek
- nowonarodzonyrecently born
- noworodekrecently born baby
Portuguese recém-nascido, neonato
- recém-nascidorecently born
- neonatorecently born
- recém-nascidorecently born baby
- neonatorecently born baby
Romanian nou-născut, nou-născută
- nou-născutrecently born
- nou-născutărecently born
- nou-născutrecently born baby
- nou-născutărecently born baby
Russian новорождённый, новорождённый
- новорождённый (novoroždjónnyj)recently born
- новорождённый (novoroždjónnyj)recently born baby
- новорождённая (novoroždjónnaja)recently born baby
Slovak novorodený, novorodenec
- novorodenýrecently born
- novorodenecrecently born baby
- novorodeniatkorecently born baby
Spanish recién nacido, neonato
- recién nacidorecently born
- neonatorecently born
- recién nacidorecently born baby
- neonatorecently born baby
Swedish nyfödd
- nyföddrecently born
Tagalog bagong-panganak
- bagong-panganakrecently born
Turkish yenidoğan, yenidoğan
- yenidoğanrecently born
- yenidoğanrecently born baby
Ukrainian новонаро́джений, новонаро́джений
- новонаро́джений (novonaródženyj)recently born
- новонаро́джений (novonaródženyj)recently born baby
- новонаро́джена (novonaródžena)recently born baby
Urdu نو زائیدہ, نو مولود
- نو زائیدہ (nau-zâida)recently born
- نو مولود (nau-mauluud)recently born
Vietnamese mới sinh, trẻ sơ sinh
- mới sinhrecently born
- trẻ sơ sinhrecently born baby
Welsh newydd-anedig
- newydd-anedigrecently born
Yiddish קימפּעטקינד
- קימפּעטקינד (kimpetkind)recently born baby
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Cite this entry
APA
newborn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newborn
MLA
“newborn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newborn. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “newborn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/newborn.
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