half-breed

Questions about half-breed

What does half-breed mean?

half-breed means "an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different racial group (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in half-breed?

half-breed has 2 syllables and divides as half--breed 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.

What is another word for half-breed?

Close synonyms include half-blooded, half-bred. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is half-breed a common word?

half-breed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.