forgotten

Englisch

Etymology

Morphologically forgot +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈɡɒt.n̩/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fɚˈɡɑ.tn̩/, [fɚˈɡɑ.ʔn̩]

• Audio (US):

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• (New England) IPA^(key): /fəˈɡʌt.ən/, [fəˈɡʌ.ʔn̩], /fɚˈɡʌt.ən/, [fɚˈɡʌ.ʔn̩]

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• Hyphenation: for‧got‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɒtən

Adjective

forgotten (comparative more forgotten, superlative most forgotten)

1. Of which knowledge has been lost; which is no longer remembered.

Derived terms

• half-forgotten

Translations

of which knowledge has been lost, which is no longer remembered

• Arabic: مَنْسِيّ (mansiyy)
• Belarusian: забы́ты (zabýty)
• Czech: zapomenutý (cs)
• Danish: glemt
• Dutch: vergeten (nl)
• Esperanto: forgesita
• Finnish: unohdettu (fi)
• French: oublié (fr)
• German: vergessen (de)
• Greek: ξεχασμένος (el) (xechasménos)
• Latin: oblītus
• Northern Sami: vajálduvvan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bortglemt

• Polish: zapomniany
• Portuguese: esquecido (pt)
• Russian: забы́тый (ru) (zabýtyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: zaboravljen
• Slovak: zabudnutý
• Spanish: olvidado (es)
• Swedish: glömd (sv)
• Yiddish: פֿאַרגעסן (fargesn)

Verb

forgotten

1. past participle of forget

Nomen

forgotten (plural forgottens)

1. A person or thing that has been forgotten.
   • 2007 December 31, Alan Feuer, “Headliners of 07: A Subway Savior, Rampaging Rats, and a $12 Million Dog”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Luckily for these unfortunate forgottens, New Year is approaching, a time when, despite the intuitions of the calendar, our thoughts often turn to the past.