fallen
pronunciation
How to pronounce fallen in British English:
UK [ˈfɔ:lən]
How to pronounce fallen in American English:
US [ˈfɔlən]
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- Adjective:
- having dropped by the force of gravity
- having fallen in or collapsed
- having lost your chastity
- killed in battle
Word Origin
- fallen (adj.)
- c. 1400, past participle adjective from fall (v.). Used figuratively for "morally ruined" by 1620s, from the verb in the sense "yield to temptation" (especially in reference to women and chastity), attested from c. 1200. Meaning "those who have died" attested by 1765. Fallen angel is from 1680s; fallen woman by 1748.
Example
- 1. These are also the aisles where prices have fallen fastest .
- 2. Spain shares several of the weaknesses of the three fallen economies .
- 3. We do live in a fallen world with imperfect bodies .
- 4. You may vehemently deny that you 've ever fallen victim to such ploys .
- 5. Between a quarter and half of the water molecules that fall in the western amazon have previously fallen on the rainforest .