Meaning

1 senses
  1. A person born to unmarried parents.

    незаконнонаро́дженийnezakonnonaródženyj

    the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents

Examples

14 sentences
  1. The king had numerous illegitimate children with her.

  2. For a start, he was the illegitimate son of an unmarried mother.

  3. All states are illegitimate.

  4. Sami has an illegitimate daughter.

    deSami hat eine illegitime Tochter. — Melang

  5. He has four illegitimate children.

Translations

2 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person born to unmarried parents:

Origin

First attested in 1536, from Latin illēgitimus, most likely an adapted borrowing of Middle

First attested in 1536, from Latin illēgitimus, most likely an adapted borrowing of Middle French illegitime, equivalent to il- + legitimate, see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3).

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Forms

plural: illegitimates
Singularillegitimate
Pluralillegitimates

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
natural childlovechild
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
illegitimate — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto