Bairn

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɛərn/ (Scotland)
• IPA: /bɛəʀn/ (Northumberland)
• IPA: /bɛəɹn/ (UK - rhotic)
• IPA|: /bɛən/ (UK - non-rhotic)
• IPA: /bɛɚn/ (US, Canada, Ireland, West Country)

Alternative forms

• barn

Origin

From Middle English barn, bern, from Old English (Anglian dialect) bearn ("child, son, descendant, offspring, issue, prodigy") and Old Norse barn ("child"), both from Proto-Germanic *barną ("child"), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ("to bear, bring forth"). Cognate with West Frisian bern ("child"), North Frisian baern, born ("child"), Middle High German barn ("child, son, daughter"), Swedish, barn ("child"), Norwegian barn ("child"), Icelandic barn ("child"), Albanian barrë ("pregnancy, child"). See also barn.

Full definition of bairn

Noun

1. (Scotland, and parts of Northern England) A child or baby.

Synonyms

• See also .

Anagrams

• abrin
• brain
• Brian, brian
• riban