liveborn

1. 1.

   (of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn

   “a liveborn baby”

   Similaralive

Questions about liveborn

What does liveborn mean?

liveborn means "(of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn".

How many syllables are in liveborn?

liveborn has 3 syllables and divides as li-ve-born 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.

Is liveborn a common word?

liveborn 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.