forgotten

English

Etymology

Morphologically forgot +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fəˈɡɒt.n̩/
(General American) IPA^(key): /fɚˈɡɑ.tn̩/, [fɚˈɡɑ.ʔn̩]
Audio (US): (file)
(New England) IPA^(key): /fəˈɡʌt.ən/, [fəˈɡʌ.ʔn̩], /fɚˈɡʌt.ən/, [fɚˈɡʌ.ʔn̩]
Audio (New England): (file)
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Audio (New England): (file)
Hyphenation: for‧got‧ten
Rhymes: -ɒtən

Adjective

forgotten (comparative more forgotten, superlative most forgotten)

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

Derived terms

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

past participle of forget

Noun

forgotten (plural forgottens)

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.