first-year

1. 1.

   used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)

   “a freshman senator”

   “freshman year in high school or college”

   Synonymsfreshman

   Similarfirst

   United States

Questions about first-year

What does first-year mean?

first-year means "used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)".

How many syllables are in first-year?

first-year has 3 syllables and divides as fir-st-y-ear under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.