native-born

1. 1.

   belonging to a place by birth

   “a native-born Scot”

   “a native Scot”

   Similarnative

Questions about native-born

What does native-born mean?

native-born means "belonging to a place by birth".

How many syllables are in native-born?

native-born has 4 syllables and divides as na-ti-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 native-born a common word?

native-born is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.