Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
first-year is an adjective meaning "used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)". It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for first-year come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.