bairn
bairn · bairns
Kind, Kleinkind, Baby
A child or babyA child or baby.
/bɛərn/
» Tom has a bairn.
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1 senses(Scotland)A child or baby.
Kind, Kleinkind, Baby
a child: son or daughter
Examples
1 sentencesTom has a bairn.
Translations
1 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
child or baby:
Origin
Borrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from PrBorrowed from Scots bairn, from Middle English bern, barn, from Old English bearn, from Proto-West Germanic *barn, from Proto-Germanic *barną. Doublet of barn. Compare West Frisian bern.
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