newborn

adjectivenounattested in dialogue

United States

Recently born.

adjective

1
Recently born.
newborn baby
newborn child
2
Born anew, reborn.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Germanic *niwjaz Proto-West Germanic *niwi Old English nīewe Middle English newe English new Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *buranaz Proto-West Germanic *boran Old English boren, ġeboren Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne English born English newborn From new + born.

noun

1
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.

Forms

plural: newborns

New · A surname transferred from the nickname.Newark · Any of several places: A civil parish and town with a town…newbie · A newcomer, someone new to something.

newborn · Recently born.

Newborn · A surname.Newcastle · One of several large cities: A large city and metropolitan…newcomer · One who has recently come to a community; a recent arrival.

The neighbouring pages — Alphabetical order follows the rules of the language, not byte values: an accent decides only between two otherwise identical words, and Spanish files Ñ as a letter of its own.